Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages

[J Robinson]

Thanks to all for the useful responses.

Can someone summarize the differences between the
various mans out there?  What makes them incompatible
(at a core level?)

Best
jrobinson

--- Colin Watson <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:40:39PM +0000, Ralph
> Corderoy wrote:
> > Hi John,
> > > I noticed man pages often wrap to the width of
> the terminal.  Can I
> > > set the line width somehow by stuffing the right
> number into some
> > > environment variable?
> > 
> > Not if you want it to be portable.
> 
> For Unix in general this is true. If you're on a
> recentish GNU/Linux
> distribution then MANWIDTH should work; it's
> supported compatibly by
> both man implementations.
> 
> -- 
> Colin Watson                                 
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