From 75c49a4fece7c409c4b5a3013a40f5f352eced01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:28:01 +0000 Subject: Support relative arguments to .ll (increase or decrease line length). --- roff.7 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'roff.7') diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7 index bc505c81..7732e1ac 100644 --- a/roff.7 +++ b/roff.7 @@ -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 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 Ingo Schwarze @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451