Removed any knowledge of a screen length from mhl.

[mmh] / man / mhl.man1

diff --git a/man/mhl.man1 b/man/mhl.man1
index 9f84170..9c57dbe 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mhl.man1
+++ b/man/mhl.man1
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ mhl \- produce formatted listings of nmh messages
 .IR +folder ]
 .RB [ \-form
 .IR formfile ]
-.RB [ \-length
-.IR lines ]
 .RB [ \-width
 .IR columns ]
 .RB [ \-moreproc
@@ -51,15 +49,11 @@ and the profile entry, use the
 switch.
 .PP
 The
-.B \-length
-.I length
-and
 .B \-width
 .I width
-switches set the screen
-length and width, respectively.  These default to the values indicated by
+switch sets the screen width.  This defaults to the value indicated by
 .BR $TERMCAP ,
-if appropriate, otherwise they default to 40 and 80, respectively.
+if appropriate, otherwise it defaults to 80.
 .PP
 The default format file used by
 .B mhl
@@ -139,7 +133,7 @@ Remaining lines define the global environment.
 For example, the line:
 .PP
 .RS 5
-width=80,length=40,overflowtext="***",overflowoffset=5
+width=80,overflowtext="***",overflowoffset=5
 .RE
 .PP
 defines the screen size to be 80 columns by 40 rows, specifies that the
@@ -151,14 +145,14 @@ follow a component, they apply only to that component, otherwise, their
 affect is global.  Since the whole format is parsed before any output
 processing, the last global switch setting for a variable applies to
 the whole message if that variable is used in a global context (i.e.,
-width, length).
+width).
 .PP
 .RS 5
 .nf
 .ta \w'xxxxxxxxxxxxx  'u +\w'integer/G  'u
 .I variable    type    semantics
 width  integer screen width or component width
-length integer screen length or component length
+length integer component length
 offset integer positions to indent \*(lqcomponent: \*(rq
 overflowtext   string  text to use at the beginning of an
                overflow line
@@ -281,7 +275,6 @@ show(1), ap(8), dp(8)
 
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
-.RB ` \-length 40 '
 .RB ` \-width 80 '
 .fi