hi Larry, i thing chris has a more basic problem the last time i need .TS H i needed also the -ms macroset. tbl alone did not help (yes, it was an older version)
i used: groff -t -ms -Tps my.tbl (shorten version of cause in real it is: cat <<EOF | groff -P-l -t -ms -Tps | /usr/local/bin/lpr :) re, wh Larry Kollar wrote: >> According to page 6 of the document "tbl - A program to Format Tables" >> by M.E. Lesk, tbl is supposed to handle:- >> >> .TS H >> page heading text >> .TH >> >> How do I get this to work? I keep getting:- >> >> ...:2: unrecognised format 'p' >> ...:2: giving up on this table > > I was about to ask you for a sample, but I think I see what's happening. You > need to specify global options and column layouts before the table headings. > This is the kind of thing I do a lot at work: > > .TS H > allbox expand tab(@); > cb cb > l l . > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > .TH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] the hard drive. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] the world. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > .TE > > The line "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is the table heading; it gets printed in bold > and > centered within the column. > > Hope that helps! > > -- Larry > > > >
