From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from www.sonnenberger.org (www.sonnenberger.org [92.79.50.50]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o9IHbp84009734 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:37:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from britannica.bec.de (www.sonnenberger.org [192.168.1.10]) by www.sonnenberger.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2488667AA for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:37:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: by britannica.bec.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E6A15117ED6; Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:38:18 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:38:18 +0200 From: Joerg Sonnenberger To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv Subject: Re: integrate tbl into mandoc Message-ID: <20101018173818.GA5210@britannica.bec.de> Mail-Followup-To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv References: <20101013004622.GC18513@iris.usta.de> <20101014211831.GB30282@iris.usta.de> <4CBC73B7.5060104@bsd.lv> X-Mailinglist: mdocml-tech Reply-To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CBC73B7.5060104@bsd.lv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 06:20:07PM +0200, Kristaps Dzonsons wrote: > I'll respond over the next few days, but I warn you that I > absolutely don't intend to merge tbl into mandoc. I don't want the > code volume increased so much for a corner case. Tables are already > supported by `Bl -column'; pulling this extra code into the parser > for all manuals in the general case is wasteful. I somewhat disagree on this. The code of .Bl -column is complicated and lacking in some important areas. Same can be said about tbl. Properly integrating both into a shared table engine can even result in major improvements for .Bl -column. Consider the ability to have proper multi-line fields. Joerg -- To unsubscribe send an email to tech+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv