From b1938d01834105572311aa9b06d667939309bee7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:47:48 +0000 Subject: Implement the roff(7) .ll (line length) request. Found by naddy@ in the textproc/enchant(1) port. Of course, do not use this in new manuals. --- roff.7 | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'roff.7') diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7 index 49ad11ee..bc505c81 100644 --- a/roff.7 +++ b/roff.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.49 2014/03/17 06:57:48 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.50 2014/03/30 19:47:48 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 Ingo Schwarze @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: March 17 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 30 2014 $ .Dt ROFF 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -874,6 +874,21 @@ Otherwise, it only terminates the and arguments following it or the .Sq \&.. request are discarded. +.Ss \&ll +Change the output line length. +Its syntax is as follows: +.Pp +.D1 Pf . Cm \&ll Op 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. +Using this request in new manuals is discouraged for several reasons, +among others because it overrides the +.Xr mandoc 1 +.Fl O Cm width +command line option. .Ss \&ne Declare the need for the specified minimum vertical space before the next trap or the bottom of the page. -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451