Re: PageWidth option is not measured in characters
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg70649] Re: PageWidth option is not measured in characters
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
- Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:19:41 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <acbec1a40610210621vfc0b15ay69acb04b01078497@mail.gmail.com>
The Help Browser says: "explicit width in characters" in its description, which was the reason for the previous message. On 10/21/06, Chris Chiasson <chris at chiasson.name> wrote: > In[1]:= > PageWidth::usage > > Out[1]= > PageWidth is an option for output streams and for cells which specifies how \ > wide each line of text should be allowed to be. > > In[2]:= > DisplayForm@Cell[BoxData["here is some text"],PageWidth\[Rule]50] > > the output looks like > > here is > some > text > > > meaning that, at least in the front end, the PageWidth option is not > measured in characters > > -- > http://chris.chiasson.name/ > -- http://chris.chiasson.name/