Until now, my dealings with tbl(1) have been infrequent, casual and pleasant. This time, I need actual control over the widths of the columns. Specifically, I want column 1 to be exactly as wide as its contents requires, columns 3 and 4 to have specific (and different) widths and column 2 to take up the remaining horizontal space on the page.
I've spent a lot of time trying different things without success. I think that the root of the problem is that you can set a minimum width (with column specifier "w") but not a maximum width. Am I missing something obvious ? Thanks in advance.