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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2014-03-30 21:28:01 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2014-03-30 21:28:01 +0000
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Support relative arguments to .ll (increase or decrease line length).
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diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.50 2014/03/30 19:47:48 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.51 2014/03/30 21:28:01 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -878,12 +878,14 @@ request are discarded.
Change the output line length.
Its syntax is as follows:
.Pp
-.D1 Pf . Cm \&ll Op Ar width
+.D1 Pf . Cm \&ll Op Oo +|- Oc Ns Ar width
.Pp
If the
.Ar width
argument is omitted, the line length is reset to its previous value.
The default setting for terminal output is 78n.
+If a sign is given, the line length is added to or subtracted from;
+otherwise, it is set to the provided value.
Using this request in new manuals is discouraged for several reasons,
among others because it overrides the
.Xr mandoc 1