[RFC] Smaller line length for FORMAT="txt"

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2004-12-29 14:55, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah at freebsd.org> wrote:
> If memory serves me right, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > Any objections to the following minor change to the doc makefiles?
> [snip]
>
> > The problem described in the PR is caused by the ``large'' line-width of
> > the ASCII text format.  Currently, this is set to 78 characters, but in
> > sysinstall's dialogs we have at least 2 characters less in each line
> > because of the dialog decorations.
> >
> > I completed a full doc/ build today with this patch.  I don't think it
> > breaks anything very important, so I would be glad if this was committed
> > some day.
>
> I ought to know the answer to this, but what happens to screenshots or
> very wide <pre></pre> elements?  This is not an objection, just a
> question.

The change I suggested affects only the text versions of the docs.

I haven't had a chance to proof-read everything, but I did check the
text version of the Handbook.  The <PRE> elements are left unchanged,
so they extend past 72 columns.

- Giorgos