ADDED   desk/cortav-view.desktop
Index: desk/cortav-view.desktop
==================================================================
--- desk/cortav-view.desktop
+++ desk/cortav-view.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Type=Application
+Icon=accessories-text-editor
+
+Name=CortavView
+Name[x-ranuir]=CortavLocmos

DELETED desk/cortav-view.desktop.tpl
Index: desk/cortav-view.desktop.tpl
==================================================================
--- desk/cortav-view.desktop.tpl
+++ desk/cortav-view.desktop.tpl
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
-Type=Application
-Icon=accessories-text-editor
-
-Name=CortavView
-Name[x-ranuir]=CortavLocmos

Index: desk/cortav-view.sh
==================================================================
--- desk/cortav-view.sh
+++ desk/cortav-view.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 # we also do something similar with the path to cortav, in case the
 # executable isn't in $PATH
 
 out=$(mktemp --suffix=.html)
 
-"$cortav_exec" "$1" -o "$out" -m html:width 35em
+"$cortav_exec" "$1" -o "$out" $cortav_flags
 
 if test "$BROWSER" != ""; then
 	"$BROWSER" "file://$out"
 else
 	xdg-open "$out"

Index: makefile
==================================================================
--- makefile
+++ makefile
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 
 extens = $(wildcard ext/*.lua)
 extens_names ?= $(basename $(notdir $(extens)))
 build = build
 executable = cortav
+default-format-flags = -m html:width 40em
 
 prefix = $(HOME)/.local
 bin_prefix = $(prefix)/bin
 share_prefix = $(prefix)/share/$(executable)
 
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@
 	echo '#!$(lua)' > $@
 	luac -o - $^ >> $@
 	chmod +x $@
 
 $(build)/cortav.html: cortav.ct $(build)/$(executable) | $(build)/
-	./cortav $< -o $@ -m render:format html -y html:fossil-uv
+	$(build)/$(executable) $< -o $@ -m render:format html -y html:fossil-uv
 
 .PHONY: syncdoc
 syncdoc: $(build)/cortav.html
 	fossil uv add $<
 	fossil uv sync
@@ -30,14 +31,15 @@
 	rm -f $(build)/cortav $(build)/cortav.html $(build)/velartrill-cortav-view.desktop $(build)/cortav-view.sh
 
 $(build)/%.sh: desk/%.sh
 	echo >$@ "#!$(sh)"
 	echo >>$@ 'cortav_exec="$(bin_prefix)/$(executable)"'
+	echo >>$@ 'cortav_flags="$${ct_format_flags-$(default-format-flags)}"'
 	cat $< >> $@
 	chmod +x $@
 
-$(build)/velartrill-cortav-view.desktop: desk/cortav-view.desktop.tpl
+$(build)/velartrill-cortav-view.desktop: desk/cortav-view.desktop
 	cp $< $@
 	echo "Exec=$(bin_prefix)/cortav-view.sh" >>$@
 
 %/:
 	mkdir -p $@