From: hw <hw@adminart.net>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 32536@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32536: displayed width of man pages
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:03:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877ejxqu9p.fsf@toy.adminart.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874lf3y4bn.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Thu, 06 Sep 2018 01:20:12 +0300")
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
>>>> BTW, what is the default for the minimum length of the lines? Is the
>>>> default for the maximum length the same?
>>>
>>> Like the new Man-width-max, we could also add Man-width-min as well.
>>
>> I thought the line length would be determined depending on Man-width,
>> the new maximum width and the width of the window displaying the buffer.
>> That would make Man-width what specifies the minimum length:
>>
>> If the width of the window suggests using a line length between
>> Man-width and the new maximum length, use the suggested length.
>> Otherwise use Man-width if the window is narrower than that, or the new
>> maximum length if the window is wider than the new maximum length.
>>
>> Renaming Man-width to Man-width-min would make sense then, unless there
>> were a third option: Always use the line length specified by
>> Man-width. If this option would kick in when Man-width-min and
>> Man-width-max are not set, the behaviour would not change for anyone who
>> has set Man-width.
>>
>> The default for all of them would be nil, assuming that Man-width-min
>> and Man-width-max do nothing when they are nil.
>
> The value nil of Man-width means to dynamically calculate the line length
> from the width of the window displaying the buffer.
Yes, I suggested this because it would not change the current default
behaviour. If you want to change the default behaviour, I'd suggest 70
for Man-width-min and 80 for Man-width-max.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-07 14:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-26 12:42 bug#32536: 24.3; Feature Request: change defaults or behaviour hw
2018-08-30 23:35 ` bug#32536: displayed width of man pages Juri Linkov
2018-08-31 6:54 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-01 22:27 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-02 7:14 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-02 22:19 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-03 7:31 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-03 22:23 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-04 7:51 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-04 21:27 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-05 7:47 ` martin rudalics
2018-11-25 20:42 ` Juri Linkov
2018-11-26 9:32 ` martin rudalics
2018-11-27 0:01 ` Juri Linkov
2018-11-27 8:08 ` martin rudalics
2018-11-27 23:58 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-04 5:46 ` hw
2018-09-04 21:20 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-05 2:50 ` hw
2018-09-05 22:20 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-07 14:03 ` hw [this message]
2018-09-02 22:30 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-03 7:31 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-03 22:25 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-04 7:51 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-02 14:55 ` hw
2018-09-02 22:12 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-04 3:34 ` hw
2018-09-03 18:20 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-12-26 23:36 ` Juri Linkov
2018-12-27 15:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-12-27 20:54 ` Juri Linkov
2018-12-28 4:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-07 22:37 ` Juri Linkov
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