Hello again Brian, At 2023-02-22T01:12:31-0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Ah, I understand you now. Yes. A "table continuation" (`.T&`) isn't > treated in most (any?) respects like a separate table by tbl(1). [...] > I'll have a look at the caveats regarding multi-page boxed or > column-heading-requiring tables and see if they need to say "table > region" instead of "table" in some places.
I think you've identified an ambiguity in my writing and/or thinking. I have the following change in my working copy. Does this read more clearly? diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man index 6fd06d634..15a3c7638 100644 --- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man +++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man @@ -146,13 +146,21 @@ and . Each such .I table region -encloses one or more tables. +encloses one or more table descriptions. . Within a table region, table descriptions beyond the first must each be preceded by an input line beginning with .BR .T& . . +This mechanism does not start a new table region; +all table descriptions are treated as part of their +.BR .TS / .TE +enclosure, +even if they are boxed or have column headings that repeat on subsequent +pages +(see below). +. . .P (Experienced Regards, Branden
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