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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-02-15 10:15:05 -0600 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-02-15 11:11:07 -0600 |
| commit | ab2f4c9b46f19fb403914f23cf2cb05f3747e7a9 (patch) | |
| tree | 738b4d20bfbfc3345d70026c09065f7e707a545a /src | |
| parent | 362161bdc2de79f0089c61feca68b6066328c2bb (diff) | |
| download | groff-git-ab2f4c9b46f19fb403914f23cf2cb05f3747e7a9.tar.gz | |
tbl(1): Fix content and style nits.
* Consistently refer to "roff dummy character" instead of "non-printing
input token".
* Fix missing space in phrase.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man index ca49f14b9..c5819faa4 100644 --- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man +++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man @@ -566,7 +566,9 @@ otherwise, .I @g@tbl centers the entry within the column. . -The non-printing input token +The +.I roff +dummy character .B \[rs]& in an entry marks the glyph preceding it (if any) @@ -1005,7 +1007,8 @@ blocks. If you wish to visibly mark an empty table entry in the document source, populate it with the .B \[rs]& -non-printing input token. +.I roff +dummy character. . The table data are interrupted by a line consisting of the .B .T& @@ -1123,7 +1126,9 @@ To use either or .B = literally and alone in an entry, -prefix or suffix it with the token +prefix or suffix it with the +.I roff +dummy character .BR \[rs]& . . To express @@ -1159,7 +1164,9 @@ must be used the no-break control character is not recognized. . To start the first table entry in a row with a dot, -precede it with the token +precede it with the +.I roff +dummy character .BR \[rs]& . . . @@ -1586,7 +1593,7 @@ so the column modifier has no effect. . On terminal devices -.RI (\[lq] nroff mode\[rq]), +.RI (\[lq] nroff\~ mode\[rq]), horizontal rules and box borders occupy a full vee of space; this amount is doubled for .B doublebox |