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5.1.1 Filling
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When GNU 'troff' starts up, it obtains information about the device for
which it is preparing output.(1)  (*note Filling-Footnote-1::) An
essential property is the length of the output line, such as "6.5
inches".

   GNU 'troff' interprets plain text files employing the Unix
line-ending convention.  It reads input a character at a time,
collecting words as it goes, and fits as many words together on an
output line as it can--this is known as "filling".  To GNU 'troff', a
"word" is any sequence of one or more characters that aren't spaces or
newlines.  The exceptions separate words.(2)  (*note
Filling-Footnote-2::) To disable filling, see *note Manipulating Filling
and Adjustment::.

     It is a truth universally acknowledged
     that a single man in possession of a
     good fortune must be in want of a wife.
         => It is a truth universally acknowledged that a
         => single man in possession of a good fortune must
         => be in want of a wife.

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