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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_autoindex.html b/docs/manual/mod/mod_autoindex.html index fde790b571..b39ed5c0f8 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_autoindex.html +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_autoindex.html @@ -215,6 +215,17 @@ added if the directory is covered by an <CODE>IndexOptions SuppressSize</CODE>, and 19 bytes may be added if <CODE>IndexOptions SuppressLastModified</CODE> is in effect. The widest this column can be is therefore 49 bytes. +<blockquote> +As of Apache 1.3.10, the +<a href="#indexoptions:descriptionwidth">DescriptionWidth</a> +<samp>IndexOptions</samp> keyword allows you to adjust this width +to any arbitrary size. +</blockquote> +<b>Caution:</b> Descriptive text defined with <samp>AddDescription</samp> +may contain HTML markup, such as tags and character entities. If the +width of the description column should happen to truncate a tagged +element (such as cutting off the end of a bolded phrase), the results +may affect the rest of the directory listing. </P> <HR> @@ -545,13 +556,23 @@ IndexIgnore README .htaccess *~ REL="Help" ><STRONG>Compatibility:</STRONG></A> '+/-' syntax and merging of multiple <SAMP>IndexOptions</SAMP> directives is only available with - Apache 1.3.3 and later; the <samp>FoldersFirst</samp> option is only + Apache 1.3.3 and later; the <samp>FoldersFirst</samp> and + <samp>DescriptionWidth</samp> options are only available with Apache 1.3.10 and later <P> The IndexOptions directive specifies the behavior of the directory indexing. <EM>Option</EM> can be one of <DL> +<dt><a name="indexoptions:descriptionwidth">DescriptionWidth=[<em>n</em> | *] + (<em>Apache 1.3.10 and later</em>)</a> +<dd> +The <samp>DescriptionWidth</samp> keyword allows you to specify the +width of the description column in characters. If the keyword value +is '<samp>*</samp>', then the column is automatically sized to the +length of the longest filename in the display. +<b>See the section on <a href="#adddescription"><samp>AddDescription</samp></a> +for dangers inherent in truncating descriptions.</b></dd> <DT><A NAME="indexoptions:fancyindexing">FancyIndexing</A> <DD><!--%plaintext <?INDEX {\tt FancyIndexing} index option> --> This turns on fancy indexing of directories. |