1 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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2 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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3 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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4 xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
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5 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
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6 version="5.0" xml:id="man.th.extra3.max.length">
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8 <refentrytitle>man.th.extra3.max.length</refentrytitle>
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9 <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">integer</refmiscinfo>
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12 <refname>man.th.extra3.max.length</refname>
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13 <refpurpose>Maximum length of extra3 in header/footer</refpurpose>
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17 <src:fragment xml:id="man.th.extra3.max.length.frag">
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18 <xsl:param name="man.th.extra3.max.length">30</xsl:param>
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22 <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
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24 <para>Specifies the maximum permitted length of the
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25 <literal>extra3</literal> part of the man-page <literal>.TH</literal>
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26 title line header/footer. If the <literal>extra3</literal> content
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27 exceeds the maxiumum specified, it is truncated down to the maximum
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28 permitted length.</para>
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30 <para>The content of the <literal>extra3</literal> field is usually
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31 displayed in the middle header of the page and is typically a "manual
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32 name"; for example, "GTK+ User's Manual" (from the
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33 <literal>gtk-options(7)</literal> man page).</para>
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35 <para>The default value for this parameter is reasonable but somewhat
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36 arbitrary. If you are processing pages with long "manual names" -- or
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37 especially if you are processing pages that have both long "title"
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38 parts (command/function, etc. names) <emphasis>and</emphasis> long
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39 manual names -- you may want to experiment with changing the value in
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40 order to achieve the correct aesthetic results.</para>
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