On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 04:05:12PM +0400, Anton Shepelev wrote: > I am trying to adopt tbl for typesetting tables and > have found one problem that I don't know from which > side to approach. It is connected with table width. > > How to make my tables' width dependent on the line > length setting? For example, should I want to type- > set my document with another line width, I'd prefer > to change only one setting instead of modifying the > format strings of all the tables. > > The problem is that tbl is a pre-processor and no > register interpolations are made by tbl. > > In the simplest scenario it can be assumed that only > the last column of my tables must be 'stretchable'. > Is it possible to have its width automatically > adjusted so that the table would take maximum possi- > ble width (taking into account the current indent)?
Anton, Are you using the expand global option? See tbl(1). That makes the table as wide as the line. -- Mike Bianchi Foveal Systems 973 822-2085 mbian...@foveal.com http://www.AutoAuditorium.com http://www.FovealMounts.com
