On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Brian Dessent wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> > > > -NROFF /usr/bin/nroff -c -mandoc 2>/dev/null
> > > > +NROFF /usr/bin/nroff -c -mandoc -rLL=`echo $MANWIDTH`n
> > > > -rLT=`echo $MANWIDTH`n 2>/dev/null
> > >
> > > Just a little more info about how de
"Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)" wrote:
> How does one get ps --forest to work?
>
> /c> ps --forest
> ps: unknown option -- forest
> Usage: ps [-aefls] [-u UID]
> Report process status
Cygwin's ps does not have that option. It's in the ps from linux's
procps. The stuff I pasted was as a referen
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > -NROFF /usr/bin/nroff -c -mandoc 2>/dev/null
> > > +NROFF /usr/bin/nroff -c -mandoc -rLL=`echo $MANWIDTH`n
> > > -rLT=`echo $MANWIDTH`n 2>/dev/null
> >
> > Just a little more info about how debian does this, in case someone
> > wants to flesh this
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Brian Dessent wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>
> > Attached is a patch to man.conf, providing a (hacked) solution
> > allowing MANWIDTH to work (here at least). Only intended as a short
> > term fixup for those who need it :). Will need some work if you want
> > it to cope with term res
Dave Korn wrote:
At Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:12 PM, Brian Dessent wrote:
process tree, from ps --forest:
man man
\_ sh -c (echo '.ll 126n'; /usr/bin/zsoelim /tmp/zmanc7tnnh) | \
/usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/nroff -mandoc -rLL=126n -rLT=126n \
-Tascii | less
\_ /usr/bin/tbl
\_ /bin/sh /
> -Original Message-
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)
> Sent: 24 November 2004 14:12
> At Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:12 PM, Brian Dessent wrote:
> >
> > On a 130 char wide screen, running man results in the following
> > process tree, from ps --forest:
> >
At Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:12 PM, Brian Dessent wrote:
>
> On a 130 char wide screen, running man results in the following
> process tree, from ps --forest:
>
> man man
> \_ sh -c (echo '.ll 126n'; /usr/bin/zsoelim /tmp/zmanc7tnnh) | \
> /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/nroff -mandoc -rLL=126n -
Dave wrote:
> Attached is a patch to man.conf, providing a (hacked) solution allowing
> MANWIDTH
> to work (here at least). Only intended as a short term fixup for those who
> need
> it :). Will need some work if you want it to cope with term resizing.
>
> Thanks to http://lists.gnu.org/archive
> - Original Message -
> From: "Igor Pechtchanski"
>
> > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Raye Raskin wrote:
> >
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: "Christopher Faylor"
> >
> > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 06:50:57PM -0500, Aaron Miller wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for the pointer, and I'll ask
gt;. Thanks.
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 6:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Manual page width is fixed and I'd like it not to be
>
> > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Raye Raskin wrote:
> >
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: "Christopher Faylor"
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 11:57:53PM -0500, Aaron Miller wrote:
>Anyway, thanks again for the information and also for giving me time to
>explain what I ought to've made clearer in my first email.
Now that we have confirmed that this command works on 27 different
varieties of linux and is supposed t
[forgot to reply to list; sorry about that]
...
Well, that's not a full bug report, since man uses a cached cat page if
it's present. So, unless your system doesn't have the cat directories,
you need to run "man -c" to force regeneration of cat pages. That
said, I
confirm that "MANWIDTH=20 man -
- Original Message -
From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Raye Raskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: Manual page width is fixed and I'd like it not to
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Raye Raskin wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks.
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 5:35 PM
> Subj
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >Thanks for the pointer, and I'll ask on the cygwin-xfree list as well.
> >It's not really a query about xterm, though: using a shortcut that
> >starts bash in a standard Windows command-shell which is 100 columns
> >wide, if I ask for a manual page, I still get it form
- Original Message -
From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: Manual page width is fixed and I'd like it not to be
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 06:50:57PM -0500, Aaron Miller wrote:
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 06:50:57PM -0500, Aaron Miller wrote:
>Thanks for the pointer, and I'll ask on the cygwin-xfree list as well.
>It's not really a query about xterm, though: using a shortcut that
>starts bash in a standard Windows command-shell which is 100 columns
>wide, if I ask for a manua
Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 01:18:07AM -0500, Aaron Miller wrote:
Aaron Miller wrote:
Raye Raskin wrote:
Hi! I've just been installing Cygwin on a new machine and getting
everything into the shape I like it, but there's something I can't
seem to figure out how to fix.
I'm
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 01:18:07AM -0500, Aaron Miller wrote:
>
>Aaron Miller wrote:
>>Raye Raskin wrote:
>>
Hi! I've just been installing Cygwin on a new machine and getting
everything into the shape I like it, but there's something I can't
seem to figure out how to fix.
I'm
Aaron Miller wrote:
Raye Raskin wrote:
Hi! I've just been installing Cygwin on a new machine and getting
everything into the shape I like it, but there's something I can't
seem to figure out how to fix.
I'm running XWin all the time so I can use xterms, but manual pages
seem to get formatted t
Raye Raskin wrote:
Hi! I've just been installing Cygwin on a new machine and getting
everything into the shape I like it, but there's something I can't
seem to figure out how to fix.
I'm running XWin all the time so I can use xterms, but manual pages
seem to get formatted to 80 columns wide no
Hi! I've just been installing Cygwin on a new machine and getting
everything into the shape I like it, but there's something I can't seem
to figure out how to fix.
I'm running XWin all the time so I can use xterms, but manual pages seem
to get formatted to 80 columns wide no matter how wide my
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