I am running man man
in both a skinny and a fat terminal window. I don't care if stuff is right-justified, as long as the behavior I describe below is accomplished. I did try man --nj man
, and it didn't work.
Skinny terminal window
What I see
man is the system's manual pager. Each page argument given to man is normally the name of a program,
util-
ity or function. The manual page associated with each of these arguments is then found and displayed.
A
section, if provided, will direct man to look only in that section of the manual. The default action is
to
search in all of the available sections following a pre-defined order (see DEFAULTS), and to show only
the
first page found, even if page exists in several sections.
What I want to see
man is the system's manual pager. Each page argument given to man is normally the name of a program,
utility or function. The manual page associated with each of these arguments is then found and
displayed. A section, if provided, will direct man to look only in that section of the manual. The
default action is to search in all of the available sections following a pre-defined order (see DEFAULTS),
and to show only the first page found, even if page exists in several sections.
Fat terminal window
What I see
man is the system's manual pager. Each page argument given to man is normally the name of a program, util-
ity or function. The manual page associated with each of these arguments is then found and displayed. A
section, if provided, will direct man to look only in that section of the manual. The default action is to
search in all of the available sections following a pre-defined order (see DEFAULTS), and to show only the
first page found, even if page exists in several sections.
What I want to see
One long line, broken at the end of the terminal window.