From f93a604ff15c18c75563622a300cfa82647a86bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 20:11:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ; * etc/NEWS: Fix a recently added entry. --- etc/NEWS | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 996ef1e6bb9..8ac8ea2e409 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -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 -- 2.39.2