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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2019-12-08 20:11:48 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2019-12-08 20:11:48 +0200
commitf93a604ff15c18c75563622a300cfa82647a86bf (patch)
treeeacefc242b02640b093987555e2030093f3897cb
parent7e387c9e5265b98dbb3b986f8ab8ac2217052831 (diff)
downloademacs-f93a604ff15c18c75563622a300cfa82647a86bf.tar.gz
; * etc/NEWS: Fix a recently added entry.
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
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@@ -1268,7 +1268,13 @@ them to the 'browse-url' function, like the other protocols: 'ftp',
'http', and 'https'. This allows to have references to local HTML
files, for example.
-*** 'Man-width-max' (80 by default) limits the number of columns on man pages.
+---
+** Display of man pages now limits the width for formatting pages.
+The new user option 'Man-width-max' (80 by default) limits the number
+of columns passed to the 'man' program for formatting man pages. This
+is to enhance readability when man pages are displayed in very wide
+windows (which are customary with today's large displays).
+
** Xref