[Groff] tbl: contolling table width

2010-07-07 Thread Anton Shepelev
Werner Lemberg: > Then what about the `x' column specifier? Thanks. I was 'fixed' on the 'w' specifier. Ted Harding: > Meanwhile, looking for something "clever"... May I ask you if you have found it? Anton

Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width

2010-07-07 Thread Ted Harding
On 07-Jul-10 19:34:34, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> I'll try to follow up Werner's hint later. Meanwhile, looking for >> something "clever", I seem to have found that the escape "\R'...'" >> (\R'NAME VAL' sets register named NAME to value VAL) does not work >> in a table: > > You've missed the followi

Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width

2010-07-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I'll try to follow up Werner's hint later. Meanwhile, looking for > something "clever", I seem to have found that the escape "\R'...'" > (\R'NAME VAL' sets register named NAME to value VAL) does not work > in a table: You've missed the following feature of tbl: A data item consisting only o

Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width

2010-07-07 Thread Ted Harding
On 07-Jul-10 14:17:03, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >>> Are you using the expand global option? See tbl(1). That makes >>> the table as wide as the line. >> >> No. It doesn't allow me to decide which column to stretch. > > Then what about the `x' column specifier? (This is in groff 1.20.1.) > >

Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width

2010-07-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> Are you using the expand global option? See tbl(1). That makes >> the table as wide as the line. > > No. It doesn't allow me to decide which column to stretch. Then what about the `x' column specifier? (This is in groff 1.20.1.) x,XAn expanded column. After computing all colum

Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width

2010-07-07 Thread Anton Shepelev
Mike Bianchi: > Are you using the expand global option? See > tbl(1). That makes the table as wide as the line. No. It doesn't allow me to decide which column to stretch. Anton

Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width

2010-07-07 Thread Mike Bianchi
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 sett

[Groff] tbl: contolling table width

2010-07-07 Thread Anton Shepelev
Hello all, 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