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diff --git a/static/plan9-4e/man1/fmt.1 b/static/plan9-4e/man1/fmt.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d71b70d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/plan9-4e/man1/fmt.1 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.TH FMT 1 +.SH NAME +fmt, htmlfmt \- simple text formatters +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B fmt +[ +.I option ... +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B htmlfmt +[ +.B -a +] [ +.B -u +.I url +] [ +.I file ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Fmt +copies the given +.I files +(standard input by default) +to its standard output, filling and indenting lines. +The options are +.TP +.BI -l " n +Output line length is +.IR n , +including indent (default 70). +.TP +.BI -w " n +A synonym for +.BR -l . +.TP +.BI -i " n +Indent +.I n +spaces (default 0). +.TP +.BI -j +Don't join input lines, simply split them where necessary. +.PP +Empty lines and initial white space in input lines are preserved. +Empty lines are inserted between input files. +.PP +.I Fmt +is idempotent: it leaves already formatted text unchanged. +.PP +.I Htmlfmt +performs a similar service, but accepts as input text formatted with +HTML tags. +It accepts +.IR fmt 's +.B -l +and +.B -w +flags and also: +.TP +.BI -a +Normally +.I htmlfmt +suppresses the contents of form fields and anchors (URLs and image files); this flag +causes it to print them, in square brackets. +.TP +.BI -u " url +Use +.I url +as the base URL for the document when displaying anchors; sets +.BI -a . +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/cmd/fmt.c +.SH BUGS +.I Htmlfmt +makes no attempt to render the two-dimensional geometry of tables; +it just treats the table entries as plain, to-be-formatted text. |