On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 01:48:55PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 02:29:19PM -0600, Colin Watson > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Ugh, yes, that's horrible formatting. '.nf' means "no-fill mode", but it > > has the effect you're thinking of. Make sure you add this line to the > > top of the file to let man know that it should be using tbl: > > > > '\" t > > > > .nf definitely shouldn't be used for lazy attempts at tables like that. > > OK. > > I've got to rewrite the page (again) using tbl. I did something > somewhat different, within groff, which works, sorta, but could be > better. > > Anyone got a q'n'd tbl ref? There's a short section in the back of > K&R (or is it K&P?). How does one embed tbl within a manpage?
I'm not sure if the tbl manual linked off this troff resources page helps; I'm at a Windows machine at my parents' at the moment and can't be bothered figuring out how to view PostScript. http://www.kohala.com/start/troff/troff.html To embed tbl in a man page, use .TS and .TE. See tbl(1), or the source for man pages that use tbl such as man(1) and kill(1). Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
