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@@ -189,6 +189,31 @@ o New option `-f NAME' to set the internal name of the groff font.
Macro Packages
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+o Joachim Walsdorff contributed the `hdtbl' package for the generation of
+ tables, using a syntax very similar to the HTML table model. For
+ example, a table with two cells and two rows looks like this:
+
+ .TBL cols=2
+ . TR .TD 1*1 .TD 1*2
+ . TR .TD 2*1 .TD 2*2
+ .ETB
+
+ Here the same table using a more expanded syntax:
+
+ .TBL cols=2
+ . TR
+ . TD 1*1
+ . TD 1*2
+ . TR
+ . TD 2*1
+ . TD 2*2
+ .ETB
+
+ Tables can be nested; `hdtbl' works without a preprocessor so that the
+ full capability of groff's macro engine is available.
+
+ This package currently works with `-Tps' only.
+
o -mandoc now supports multiple man pages (in either man or mdoc format).
o Fabrice Ménard contributed locales support. In particular, it is now