--- w.c
+++ w.c	2012-06-01 14:18:26.088580533 +0000
@@ -435,9 +435,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		maxcmd = atoi(p);
 	else
 		maxcmd = 80;
+#if 0
+	/*
+	 * I have no idea why it shouldn't be allowed to see the result
+	 * with a line wrap. The other solution would be to create a
+	 * wcat alias, which does w|cat to work around this, but this
+	 * would be stupid in my opinion.
+	 */
 	if (maxcmd < 71)
 		xerrx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("%d column window is too narrow"), maxcmd);
-
+#else
+	if (maxcmd < 71)
+		xwarnx(_("%d column window could be to too narrow"), maxcmd);
+#endif
 	maxcmd -= 21 + userlen + (from ? fromlen : 0) + (longform ? 20 : 0);
 	if (maxcmd < 3)
 		xwarnx(_("warning: screen width %d suboptimal"), win.ws_col);