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commit 8e29c15f4206edfb7aa7f2f3d1732da01e507593
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Nov 26 12:45:42 2022 -0600
doc/meref.me.in: Update line length information.
Thanks to Dave Kemper for pointing this out. Also explicitly mention
the default page offset.
---
doc/meref.me.in | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/meref.me.in b/doc/meref.me.in
index c2325ed4b..652c961f4 100644
--- a/doc/meref.me.in
+++ b/doc/meref.me.in
@@ -1695,13 +1695,20 @@ request or the end of input.
\*(ME uses \*T's environment 0 for body text,
1 for keeps,
and 2 for headers and footers.
+The default line length is two inches less than the page width
+(e.g.,
+6.5i on U.S.\& letter paper).
+The default page offset
+(left margin)
+is determined by the output device;
+it is usually 1.0i on typesetting devices and 0 on terminals.
.TL
.b .xl
.i \(+-n
.DE
Set line length to
.i n
-[6.0i]
+[see above]
only in the current environment.
.TL
.b .ll
@@ -1710,7 +1717,7 @@ only in the current environment.
Set line length to
to
.i n
-[6.0i]
+[see above]
in all environments used by \*(ME,\**
.(f
\**
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