Re: HTML output for tbl

[Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>]

> looking at the output for queue(3), there is a rather obvious bug in the
> width output. It repeats the width: xxx for every column, e.g. the third
> column has three width in order. This magically works due to the
> overwrite rules, but is far from pretty. I also wonder if we should use
> min-width and screw IE 6. That and using a single table (not one per
> row) would be enough to give queue(3) a properly formatted table without
> having to go extra wide by switching spacing from ex to em.

Joerg,

This isn't really a bug: it's because tables can be interspersed with 
arbitrary macros, so each row should in theory be standalone.

However, I agree that this makes for ugly output, and having just tested 
it with SCALE_EM, I think it's best to keep a few bits of state and just 
reinitialise the table if broken up by other macros.  I'll write this up 
when I've a few minutes to myself.

And no, we can't screw IE6.

It just now occurs to me that, since CSS "cascades" atop the HTML, I can 
set <COL> pixel-widths as a safe default and let CSS, with its precise 
"em" widths, override these values.  This will make browsers without CSS 
also recognise mandoc -Thtml's tables, whether from tbl(7) or otherwise, 
which for now require the style-sheet for stipulating widths.

Thanks,

Kristaps
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