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authorDag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>2024-02-26 18:08:06 +0000
committerDag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>2024-02-26 18:08:06 +0000
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@@ -427,6 +427,15 @@ Output at most
.Ar number
columns when using side by side format.
The default value is 130.
+Note that unless
+.It Fl t
+was specified,
+.Nm
+will always align the second column to a tab stop, so values of
+.Fl -width
+smaller than approximately five times the value of
+.Fl -tabsize
+may yield surprising results.
.It Fl -changed-group-format Ar GFMT
Format input groups in the provided
.Pp