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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Manual page width is fixed and I'd like it not to be
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:32:31 -0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)
> Sent: 24 November 2004 14:12

> At Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:12 PM, Brian Dessent wrote:
> > 
> > On a 130 char wide screen, running man results in the following
> > process tree, from ps --forest:
> > 
> > man man
> >  \_ sh -c (echo '.ll 126n'; /usr/bin/zsoelim /tmp/zmanc7tnnh) | \
> >     /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/nroff -mandoc -rLL=126n -rLT=126n \
> >     -Tascii | less
> >      \_ /usr/bin/tbl
> >      \_ /bin/sh /usr/bin/nroff -mandoc -rLL=126n -rLT=126n -Tascii
> >      |   \_ groff -mtty-char -Tascii -mandoc -rLL=126n -rLT=126n
> >      |       \_ troff -mtty-char -mandoc -rLL=126n -rLT=126n -Tascii
> >      |       \_ grotty
> >      \_ less
> 
> How does one get ps --forest to work?
 

  By doing so on Brian's debian box.

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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