PageWidth

PageWidth

is an option for output streams and for cells that specifies how wide each line of text is allowed to be.

Details

  • Possible settings for output streams are:
  • Infinityan infinite width (no line breaking)
    nexplicit width in characters
  • SetOptions[stream,PageWidth->val] resets the line width allowed for an open stream.
  • Possible settings for cells are:
  • WindowWidththe width of the window on the screen
    PaperWidththe width of the page as it would be printed
    nexplicit width given in printer's points
  • PageWidth->WindowWidth allows each line to use the full width of the displayed window, taking into account settings for CellMargins.
  • The PageWidth setting of a cell sets the boundary for all of the cell's elements, including the CellMargins, CellFrame and CellFrameLabels. It does not include the space allocated for the cell bracket.
  • PageWidth->UpTo[n] is equivalent to the lesser of PageWidth->WindowWidth and PageWidth->n.
  • If the effective PageWidth is less than the window's width, the alignment of the contents of the cell is controlled by the Alignment option.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Set the PageWidth to be 60 characters for a stream:

Set the PageWidth to be 30 characters for a stream:

Compare the two resulting files:

Delete the temporary files:

Create an Output cell with a fixed width:

This is a bit of text

Scope  (4)

Set a fixed page width:

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war...testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . .

Set the width to use the full width of the window:

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war...testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . .

Set the width to the paper width for the default printer:

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war...testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . .

Set the width to be as much as 600 points, or narrower if the window is narrower:

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war...testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . .

Properties & Relations  (3)

The PageWidth cell setting includes the horizontal space consumed by CellMargins:

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PageWidth affects the width of CellFrame and the position of CellFrameLabels:

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Alignment determines how cells affected by a narrow PageWidth align:

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Wolfram Research (1988), PageWidth, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageWidth.html (updated 2020).

Text

Wolfram Research (1988), PageWidth, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageWidth.html (updated 2020).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1988. "PageWidth." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageWidth.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1988). PageWidth. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageWidth.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_pagewidth, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PageWidth}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageWidth.html}", note=[Accessed: 22-November-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_pagewidth, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PageWidth}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageWidth.html}, note=[Accessed: 22-November-2024 ]}