> > However I want to have a variable parameter list. At maximum I
> > can have up to 10 parameters. Each parameter opens a new row. If
> > the Parameter is empty the do not open a new row.
>
> [snip]
>
> I can't think of a simple way to make this work. The problem lies
> in the nature of tbl as a *pre*processor, which expects to have all
> the data it has to operate on available at *tbl*-runtime, not
> *troff*-runtime. Of course, since tbl knows nothing about font
> sizes and font metrics and whatnot, it can't position the individual
> table items itself, so instead it generates troff-*code* which troff
> can execute to decide how to format the table.
You could use a brute-force approach:
.ie (\\n[.$] == 1) \
. ATABLE1 \\$1
.el \n[.$] == 2) \
. ATABLE2 \\$1 \\$2
...
with 10 macros `ATABLE1' ... `ATABLE10'.
> (see hdtbl, which operates at troff-runtime)
Unfortunately it's tricky currently to emulate tbl with hdtbl. I'm
working on this.
Werner
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