summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man')
-rw-r--r--src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man31
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man
index 4e6edc70..dc647cad 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man
@@ -398,7 +398,9 @@ than vertically centering it (GNU tbl only).
.TP
.BR e , E
Make equally-spaced columns.
-All columns marked with this specifier get the same width.
+All columns marked with this specifier get the same width; this happens
+after the affected column widths have been computed (this means that the
+largest width value rules).
.
.TP
.BR f , F
@@ -504,13 +506,26 @@ option is on \[en] in case of overfull tables this might be zero).
Default separation is 3n.
.
.LP
-The column specifiers
-.BR e ,
-.BR w ,
-and
-.B x
-are mutually exclusive; if specified multiple times for a particular column,
-the last entry takes effect.
+The column
+.RB specifier\~ x
+is mutually exclusive with
+.B e
+.RB and\~ w
+(but
+.B e
+is not mutually exclusive
+.RB with\~ w );
+if specified multiple times for a particular column, the last entry takes
+effect:
+.BR x \~unsets
+both
+.B e
+.RB and\~ w ,
+while either
+.B e
+or
+.B w
+.RB overrides\~ x .
.
.
.SS Table data