Thanks Branden,
That and what you've changed already is much better than current, as it
previously read as if global/region options could be specified after .T&.
Any chance you could eventually get the info docs to the same level?
I normally expect more and easier access to the info than the man pages for GNU
packages, so start there first! ;^>
[And prefer "open" ePub, vs *proprietary* Adobe PS and PDF, as it's zipped html
readable in browser addons, or vim or less(/open) if desperate. Get on it FSF!]
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
On 2023-02-22 01:00, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
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
