On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 11:43:46PM +0200, Jukka Salmi wrote: > Karl. --> dwm (2007-08-20 08:18:11 +1200): > > Not that this answers your question, but on my system (Debian Lenny), > > man pages get formatted according to the term width, so terms bigger > > than 80 columns don't waste space - the extra space gets used. > > > > (formatting gets ugly if the term is resized after opening, though - > > maybe this is what you meant and I misread you) > > No, you got it right: I'm using NetBSD, and man pages seem always to > be formatted to not exceed 78 columns. Hmm...
Look for a way to turn of the caching of preformatted manpages. The caching is (at least on the linux distributions I know) always done at 80 columns so that these cached pages are useabla by anybody. Not using preformatted pages uses your acutal terminal width, but comes at a small speed cost, as the manpage is formatted every time you view it - which is neglectible on today's systems. Regards, Christian -- ....Christian.Garbs.....................................http://www.cgarbs.de o _/,_ . /o...\__// \_'__/``\` \`
