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(woman)Formatting Options

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Formatting Options
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These options control the layout that WoMan uses to format the man page.

`woman-fill-column'
     An integer specifying the right margin for formatted text.
     Default is 65.

`woman-fill-frame'
     A boolean value.  If non-`nil' then most of the frame width is
     used, overriding the value of `woman-fill-column'.  Default is
     `nil'.

`woman-default-indent'
     An integer specifying the default prevailing indent for the `-man'
     macros.  Default is 5.  Set this variable to 7 to emulate
     GNU/Linux man formatting.

`woman-bold-headings'
     A boolean value.  If non-`nil' then embolden section and subsection
     headings.  Default is `t'.  [Heading emboldening is _not_ standard
     `man' behaviour.]

`woman-ignore'
     A boolean value.  If non-`nil' then unrecognised requests etc. are
     ignored.  Default is `t'.  This gives the standard `ROFF'
     behaviour.  If `nil' then they are left in the buffer, which may
     aid debugging.

`woman-preserve-ascii'
     A boolean value.  If non-`nil' then preserve ASCII characters in
     the WoMan buffer.  Otherwise, non-ASCII characters (that display as
     ASCII) may remain, which is irrelevant unless the buffer is to be
     saved to a file.  Default is `nil'.

`woman-emulation'
     WoMan emulation, currently either `NROFF' or `TROFF'.  Default is
     `NROFF'.  `TROFF' emulation is experimental and largely untested.