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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2008-08-20 Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> + + * src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man: Document computation of element widths. + 2008-08-20 Alexey Gladkov <legion@altlinux.ru> Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man index 71610bf1..bd904a66 100644 --- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man +++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man @@ -362,6 +362,51 @@ Long input lines can be broken across multiple lines if the last character on the line is `\[rs]' (which vanishes after concatenation). . .LP +Note that +.B @g@tbl +computes the column widths line by line, applying \[rs]w on each entry. +As a consequence, constructions like +.IP +.B .TS +.br +.B c,l. +.br +.B \[rs]s[20]MM +.br +.B MMMM +.br +.B .TE +.br +. +.LP +fail; you must either say +.IP +.B .TS +.br +.B cp20,lp20. +.br +.B MM +.br +.B MMMM +.br +.B .TE +.br +. +.LP +or +.IP +.B .TS +.br +.B c,l. +.br +.B \[rs]s[20]MM +.br +.B \[rs]s[20]MMMM +.br +.B .TE +.br +. +.LP A dot starting a line, followed by anything but a digit is handled as a troff command, passed through without changes. The table position is unchanged in this case. |