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Re: diff man page improvement -W


From: Dan Jacobson
Subject: Re: diff man page improvement -W
Date: 15 Oct 2001 10:25:17 +0800
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>>>>> "P" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

P> Thanks for the bug report.  I'll change the wording to:
P> Output at most COLUMNS (default 130) columns per line.

I don't think that would catch my attention still...
Ah, no wonder, I've been spoiled: man pr calls it

            -w PAGE_WIDTH, --width=PAGE_WIDTH
              set  page  width  to  PAGE_WIDTH (72) characters for multiple 
text-column
              output only

whilst man diff calls it

       -W columns
       --width=columns
              Use an output width of columns in side by side format.

You could also use the eye catching PAGE_WIDTH wording without
having to change more than the man/info page.
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