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authorG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-11-29 09:08:39 -0600
committerG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-11-30 05:12:55 -0600
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NEWS: Add item regarding tbl and line numbering.
$ cat ~/tmp/line-numbered-table.roff .nm 1 Here is a line of output. Sic transit adispicing meatballs. Let's pad it out with more content to ensure the line breaks. .TS L. This is my table. There are many like it but this one is mine. T{ My table is my best exhibit; I will guard it as I guard my life. Even as it requires multiple output lines for an entry. T} .TE What is the line number now? I defy anyone to defend this: Unix Version 7 on a SIMH PDP-11/45 (and Heirloom Doctools troff today): 1 Here is a line of output. Sic transit adispicing meatballs. 2 Let's pad it out with more content to ensure the line breaks. 6 This is my table. 7 There are many like it but this one is mine. 8 9 3 My table is my best exhibit; I will guard it 10 4 as I guard my life. Even as it requires 11 5 multiple output lines for an entry. 12 What is the line number now?
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@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ o The token `.PY` is now recognized as a synonym of `.PF` to work around
to use `.PF` to end pictures with flyback unless a similar problem
faces your document.
+tbl
+---
+
+o GNU tbl now saves and restores the status of output line numbering
+ when formatting tables, including the count of lines for which
+ numbering is suppressed. Historical tbl implementations did not, with
+ bizarre consequences when text blocks were used in tables.
+
Macro packages
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