Automatic page width

[vaygr]

In tiling window managers it's common that app window is maximized resulting in awkward-looking manpage display by mangl.

I wonder if it'd be easy to make manpage width automatic based on the window width.

[christian-burger]

In that regard I'd like to point out that there is an "optimal" line length for convenient reading. And it seems to me, that mangl fits that criteria.

Maybe just center the whole block instead? Might look less awkward. :shrug:

Or: When there is enough width: Show multiple columns. Though I guess, that's a pretty heavy feature with a lot of side effects, complicating the matter very much.

[zigalenarcic]

In v1.1.3 there is now automatic centering of the text. The number of characters in a line (78) however is still fixed due to the reason mentioned by @christian-burger - long lines are harder to read. If necessary I can add an option (either in settings or as a key command) to change the line length.

[zigalenarcic]

I've added support for:

• line_length value in config file
• = shortcut key on manpage display to automatically adjust the line length to match the current window width

I think it will help with these issues.

[vaygr]

This is excellent @zigalenarcic, thanks. Tested, works as expected. Maybe it makes sense to add a shortcut to get back to default view or have = as a toggle?

[zigalenarcic]

Hi I made it toggle the width in commit 0f3db125ea3e385ac07b69fc1a505049c06cf165