On 06Mar2014 16:19, lee <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I'm running F20 on gnome3 desktop, > > and I see some weird effect in the man command (entered in a gnome > > terminal) if using the "-P" command option: > > > > man -P cat man >/dev/null > > > > should use the cat command as pager. I get the expected effect, but one > > or more additional messages to stderr: > > > > <standard input>:981: warning [p 7, 5.8i, div `3tbd1,0', 0.0i]: cannot > > adjust line > > <standard input>:990: warning [p 7, 5.8i, div `3tbd4,0', 0.0i]: cannot > > adjust line > > > > > > Anybody knows what this means? No such message if the gnome terminal is > > wide enough. > > It probably means what it says. You can format man pages with a > variable number of characters per line, hence you might have "(setq > Man-width 75)" in your ~/.emacs to get a reasonably formatted display > rather than one with the lines being too long for comfortable reading. > > Now say, you specify zero characters per line, and the software may > suddenly have a hard time adjusting the lines. In case lee's unclear: the output of "man" isn't going to your terminal any more, so it doesn't know how wide the output should be. Personally I would expect it to default to assuming an 80-column output and format for that. But it appears not. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. - Oscar Wilde -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
