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[groff] 03/32: doc/meref.me.in: Update line length information.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 03/32: doc/meref.me.in: Update line length information.
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:25:51 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 8e29c15f4206edfb7aa7f2f3d1732da01e507593
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
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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