>>> There is no 'tbl' option which allows a "no space" to be set in
>>> this context. However, there is a trick. This is to use dummy
>>> columns at the left and/or right, with associated zero column
>>> spacings. [...]
>>
>> Very nice! Could you convert this small tutorial into something
>> which I can add to the tbl manpage?
>
> Ugh. This looks like an extremely ugly hack abusing tbl(1) in a way
> it was never meant to be used.
??? I strongly disagree.
> In general, you are better off in programming if you avoid using
> counter-intuitive quirks near the borders of languages (in this case,
> empty columns and mixing low-level roff with high-level tbl).
Where is low-level roff? In the table shown by Ted, namely
.TS
tab(#);
r0|c0|l.
#two words#
#and three words#
.TE
I only see high-level tbl code.
Werner
