<dd><samp>-DescriptionWidth</samp> (or unset) allows mod_autoindex to calculate
the best width.</dd>
<dd><samp>DescriptionWidth=n</samp> fixes the column width to n bytes wide.</dd>
-<dd><samp>DescriptionWidth=*</samp> grows the column to the necessary width.</dd>
+<dd><samp>DescriptionWidth=*</samp> grows the column to the width necessary to
+accomodate the longest description string.</dd>
<dd><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 IgnoreClient} index option> -->
This option causes mod_autoindex to ignore all query variables from the
-client, including sort order (implies <EM><A
- HREF="#indexoptions:suppresscolumnsorting">SuppressColumnSorting</A></EM>.)
+client, including sort order (implies <SAMP><A
+ HREF="#indexoptions:suppresscolumnsorting">SuppressColumnSorting</A></SAMP>.)
<DT><A NAME="indexoptions:namewidth">NameWidth=[<EM>n</EM> | *] (<EM>Apache 1.3.2 and later</EM>)</A>
<DD>
The NameWidth keyword allows you to specify the width of the
<DD>
<!--%plaintext <?INDEX {\tt SuppressDescription} index option> -->
This will suppress the file description in fancy indexing listings.
-By default, files have no descriptions, and so the use of this option
+By default, no file descriptions are defined, and so the use of this option
will regain 23 characters of screen space to use for something else.
See <A HREF="#adddescription"><samp>AddDescription</samp></A>
for information about setting the file description. See also the