Below is a patch for this. Eric, just in case you are still interested I also have a patch to force folding in <pre> tags.
---->8----- From: Rene Kita <m...@rkta.de> Date: Sun Aug 25 15:43:35 CEST 2024 Subject: Do not override cols option value Patch: patches/Do-not-override-cols-option-value.patch Fixes Debian BTS #825790, Debian BTS #941335, GitHub Issue #253. Fixes: https://todo.sr.ht/~rkta/w3m/23 --- main.c | 13 +++++-------- terms.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- a/main.c +++ b/main.c @@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ static int searchKeyNum(void); #define usage() fusage(stderr, 1) int enable_inline_image; +extern int opt_cols; static void fversion(FILE * f) @@ -713,7 +714,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) else if (!strcmp("-cols", argv[i])) { if (++i >= argc) usage(); - COLS = atoi(argv[i]); + opt_cols = atoi(argv[i]); } else if (!strcmp("-ppc", argv[i])) { double ppc; @@ -904,14 +905,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) CookieFile = rcFile(COOKIE_FILE); #endif - if (!isatty(1) && !w3m_dump) { - /* redirected output */ + if (!isatty(1) && !w3m_dump) /* redirected output */ w3m_dump = DUMP_BUFFER; - } - if (w3m_dump) { - if (COLS == 0) - COLS = DEFAULT_COLS; - } + if (w3m_dump) + COLS = opt_cols ? opt_cols : DEFAULT_COLS; #ifdef USE_BINMODE_STREAM setmode(fileno(stdout), O_BINARY); --- a/terms.c +++ b/terms.c @@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ char *T_cd, *T_ce, *T_kr, *T_kl, *T_cr, *T_ti, *T_te, *T_nd, *T_as, *T_ae, *T_eA, *T_ac, *T_op; int LINES, COLS; +int opt_cols; #if defined(__CYGWIN__) int LASTLINE; #endif /* defined(__CYGWIN__) */ @@ -1255,6 +1256,8 @@ setlinescols(void) LINES = tgetnum("li"); /* number of line */ if (COLS <= 0) COLS = tgetnum("co"); /* number of column */ + if (opt_cols && COLS > opt_cols) + COLS = opt_cols; #if defined(__CYGWIN__) LASTLINE = LINES - (isWinConsole == TERM_CYGWIN_RESERVE_IME ? 2 : 1); #endif /* defined(__CYGWIN__) */
