From: Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs man too many columns
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:49:41 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tys0zpoa.fsf@rimspace.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ef38762f1003280034r4f6e0313u34f60232ad70ad7@mail.gmail.com
Brendan Miller <catphive@catphive.net> writes:
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Brendan Miller <catphive@catphive.net> wrote:
>> When I use M-x man to display a man page, it is typically too many
>> columns... I want the man page to display in 80 columns, as that's
>> what I have my windows sized to.
>>
>> I'm used to man "just working" inside a terminal emulator... is there
>> some setting to force 80 column output?
>
> Ah, never mind, the MANWIDTH environment variable seems to handle it.
There is also `Man-width' in Emacs to address the same requirement. Most of
the variables related to man are hidden with an initial cap to make it easier
for M-x man <RET> to do the expected thing.
Daniel
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-28 7:24 emacs man too many columns Brendan Miller
2010-03-28 7:34 ` Brendan Miller
2010-03-28 10:49 ` Daniel Pittman [this message]
2010-03-28 8:59 ` Zhu, Shenli
2010-04-01 3:47 ` Brendan Miller
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