From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Pittman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs man too many columns Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:49:41 +1100 Message-ID: <87tys0zpoa.fsf@rimspace.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269773561 27600 80.91.229.12 (28 Mar 2010 10:52:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:52:41 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 28 12:52:37 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nvq6e-0002Ev-Pv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:52:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46447 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nvq6e-0007yn-AK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:52:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nvq6D-0007xg-V5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:52:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37909 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nvq6B-0007wj-0x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:52:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nvq69-0003te-Jm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:52:06 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:37656) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nvq69-0003tN-E7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:52:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nvq67-00022K-3X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:52:03 +0200 Original-Received: from ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net ([59.167.189.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:52:03 +0200 Original-Received: from daniel by ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:52:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2+EHSA2DnTnTgJostCj6IrJ5uJE= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:72501 Archived-At: Brendan Miller writes: > On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Brendan Miller 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 to do the expected thing. Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ daniel@rimspace.net ☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons