Hi Michal, Michal Mazurek wrote on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:02:05AM +0200: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 02:14:02PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
>> I committed build system changes to install source manuals >> and no longer install formatted manuals from 5.0 onwards. > This is nice, now I can do something like this in /etc/man.conf: > < _build .[1-9n] /usr/bin/mandoc %s > > _build .[1-9n] /usr/bin/mandoc -Owidth=`stty size | > > awk '{print $2 - 2}'` %s > to have the manpage fit my display. Especially usefull if I have split > screen in a tiling window manager, and the terminals are smaller than 80 > columns. Interesting, i never heard about anybody actually using the -Owidth feature before, and i wouldn't recommend this for general consumption, but if you feel adventurous, why not? When using it this way, you should be aware of two facts: (1) The layout of many manuals is optimized for display on terminals of 80 columns, i.e. the default of -Owidth=78. Many manuals will look ugly, to varying degree, when constrained to a smaller width, in particular when containing tables, columnated lists, or nested indents. (2) The -Owidth option is tested rarely and may exhibit bugs, even in stable versions. You are welcome to report these to kristaps@ and myself, in particular if you encounter crashes, but other bugs as well, of course. Yours, Ingo