Theo Buehler wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 08:34:31PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 09:27:21PM +0200, Michal Mazurek wrote:
> > > 
> > > Don't place a space after the minus sign. Change from this:
> > >       width in columns.  Otherwise, ps defaults to the terminal width
> > >       - 1, or 79 columns if none of stdout, stderr and stdin are a
> > > To this:
> > >       width in columns.  Otherwise, ps defaults to the terminal width
> > >       -1, or 79 columns if none of stdout, stderr and stdin are a
> > > 
> > 
> > i think it's correct as it is. you write 10 minus 7 as 10 - 7, not 10 -7,
> > right?
> 
> That's right, but the problem is an unfortunate line break in the
> rendered page:
> 
>      COLUMNS  If set to a positive integer, output is formatted to the given
>               width in columns.  Otherwise, ps defaults to the terminal width
>               − 1, or 79 columns if none of stdout, stderr and stdin are a
>               terminal.
> 
> I would suggest to just spell out '-' as minus.

yes, and make the last part a new sentence.


      COLUMNS  If set to a positive integer, output is formatted to the given
               width in columns.  Otherwise, ps defaults to the terminal width
               minus 1. If none of stdout, stderr and stdin are a
               terminal, 79 columns are used.

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