From: "Anthony J. Bentley" <anthony@anjbe.name>
To: tech@mandoc.bsd.lv
Subject: Improper formatting of table with T&
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 21:54:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <36636-1615006453.870094@W8oS.rk2z.-A1C> (raw)
Hi,
mairix(1) contains this table:
.TS
box tab(&);
lb | lb | lb | lb.
letter & short for & example & meaning
=
.T&
l | l | l | l.
d & days & 3d & 3 days
w & weeks & 2w & 2 weeks (14 days)
m & months & 5m & 5 months (150 days)
y & years & 4y & 4 years (4*365 days)
.TE
groff renders it like so:
+--------+-------------+-----------+-----------------------+
|letter | short for | example | meaning |
+--------+-------------+-----------+-----------------------+
|d | days | 3d | 3 days |
|w | weeks | 2w | 2 weeks (14 days) |
|m | months | 5m | 5 months (150 days) |
|y | years | 4y | 4 years (4*365 days) |
+--------+-------------+-----------+-----------------------+
mandoc renders it similarly, but bolds both the header's bottom
border and the first line following (the 'days' line):
+--------+-------------+-----------+-----------------------+
|letter | short for | example | meaning |
+========+=============+===========+=======================+
|d | days | 3d | 3 days |
|w | weeks | 2w | 2 weeks (14 days) |
|m | months | 5m | 5 months (150 days) |
|y | years | 4y | 4 years (4*365 days) |
+--------+-------------+-----------+-----------------------+
I couldn't find any explanation in our tbl(7) page of what T& does,
although it's mentioned briefly in the "Layout" section. We should
probably document it somewhere.
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Anthony J. Bentley
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2021-03-06 4:54 Anthony J. Bentley [this message]
2021-03-28 20:36 ` Ingo Schwarze
2021-03-29 0:33 ` Ingo Schwarze
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