Hi Helge,

On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 02:38:23PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
> 
> Man page: console_codes.4
> Issue:    Why hard word wraps?

This looks like an issue in the software that produces the files you're
reading.  The hard word wraps are not present in the source code, and
the manual page reads just fine when formatted.


Cheers,
Alex

> 
> "Set palette, with parameter given in 7 hexadecimal digits\n"
> "I<nrrggbb>\n"
> "after the final P.\n"
> "Here\n"
> "I<n>\n"
> "is the color (0\\[en]15),\n"
> "and\n"
> "I<rrggbb>\n"
> "indicates\n"
> "the red/green/blue values (0\\[en]255)."
> 
> "Set screen blank timeout to\n"
> "I<n>\n"
> "minutes."
> 
> "Set icon name and window title to\n"
> "I<txt>."
> 
> #. type: tbl table
> #: archlinux debian-unstable mageia-cauldron opensuse-tumbleweed
> #, no-wrap
> "Change log file to\n"
> "I<name>\n"
> "(normally disabled by a compile-time option)."
> 
> "Cursor to lower left corner of screen (if enabled\n"
> "by\n"
> "B<xterm>(1)'s\n"
> "B<hpLowerleftBugCompat>\n"
> "resource)."

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