Re: [PATCH 08/40] man/toe.1m: Fix too-wide tables.

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 01:28:16PM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> Use text blocks for table entries that will overrun 65n on terminals.
> Left-align them to prevent adjustment, which would be an inauthentic
> representation of output (as these are meant to be, modulus breaking to
> avoid overruning the terminal width).

that trades one problem for another -- wrapping lines which makes the
output differ radically from the original.

These lines are 65 and 51 characters in the output of toe:

*---*-: xterm           xterm terminal emulator (X Window System)
*---+-: xterm-xfree86   xterm terminal emulator (XFree86)

and in the (up-til-now) manpage formatted like this (76 and 68 characters):

           --*---: xterm           xterm terminal emulator (X Window System)
           --*---: xterm-xfree86   xterm terminal emulator (XFree86)

but with this change 61 and 58 characters:

           --*---: xterm           xterm terminal emulator (X
                                   Window System)
           --*---: xterm-xfree86   xterm terminal emulator
                                   (XFree86)
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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net

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