From: Collin Funk Subject: Re: Maximum width in "fmt" command? Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:51:58 -0700
>Removing the arbitrary limit would require significant reorganization of >the existing program. I haven't done it since I am a bit concerned about >the behavior changing. I've seen a few invocations of 'fmt' in >Makefiles, which we obviously do not want to break. I also don't have >access to the paper listed in the Texinfo manual, which makes things >even trickier. I get that, and I have accepted that (for now anyway) it is what it is. I am now arguing only for (what I call) a "zero mode", where it just combines lines (based on a blank line being the delimiter between paragraphs). This would probably be a new feature; it may (or may not) re-use some or all of the existing code. As noted, I'm not the only one who has requested such a feature from "fmt", even though it is easy enough to do with other tools. BTW, here's an AWK script for it: $ gawk4 'gsub(/\n/," ")+1' ORS="\n\n" RS= "$file" >By the way, can you please add "In-Reply-To" headers to your emails [1]? >Without it, mail clients aren't able to properly track threads that you >are a part of. I don't think so, given my setup. And, no, this is not a request for help or for pointers to the documentation for various MTSs or whatever. ================================================================================= Please do not send me replies to my posts on the list. I always read the replies via the web archive, so CC'ing to me is unnecessary. When responding to my posts, please try to refrain from giving bureaucratic answers. If you have nothing useful to say, then just click Next and go on. BTW, ain't interested in kludgey workarounds - got enough of my own! (YT id: 6H1lcubN0oE)
