Hi,
there seems to be at least one effort, 20 years ago, to produce true
HTML output. I located "troffcvt: troff-to-XXX Conversion Software" by
Paul DuBois. If I understand correctly, this was/is available in Ubuntu
distributions.
Here is the link: http://www.snake.net/software/troffcvt/
Haven'
On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:46:24 +1100
"G. Branden Robinson" wrote:
> It would be really nice if tbl(1) could output HTML itself.
Hmm, from 10,000 feet that doesn't look terribly hard. Certainly tbl
input provides all the requisite information needed for an HTML table.
mandoc claims to do it alread
Hi Bjarni,
You've changed the subject, so please change the Subject: when doing so.
At 2021-01-21T03:24:38+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> Concerning the warning "cannot adjust line".
>
> It is caused by "troff" meddling with the line adjustment in at least
> text block columns ( T{...T}
Concerning the warning "cannot adjust line".
It is caused by "troff" meddling with the line adjustment in at least
text block columns ( T{...T} ).
Happens when the adjustment mode is 'b' (adjust to both margins),
which is the default mode.
Temporary workaround is to put '.ad l' in front
On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:00:39 +0100
Oliver Corff wrote:
> try this:
>
> TS H
Hi Oliver,
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm still stuck for the "right" way, but it
turns out lengthening the logical page does the trick:
.pl 100i
I didn't find a way to avoid diving down into troff request
Sorry, that was copy&paste one character too short. Should start with:
.TS H
Oliver.
On 20/01/2021 18:00, Oliver Corff wrote:
Hi James,
try this:
TS H
center nospaces tab(:);
lb s
l l.
Service Branches
_
Service : Person in Charge
_
.TH
Customer Complaints : Willy Nick
Sorry, I only read the first half of your text properly. I didn't check
whether the standard tbl behaviour of the .TS H/.TH mechanism is
observed by the man/mdoc packages. That can theoretically depend on the
output target. If it is a text terminal, then there is no "page length",
the text flows;
Hi James,
try this:
TS H
center nospaces tab(:);
lb s
l l.
Service Branches
_
Service : Person in Charge
_
.TH
Customer Complaints : Willy Nickel
Merchandise Return : Ebenezer Scrooge
.\" fill many, many lines here ...
.TE
You'll see that tbl treats "Service:Person I
Set page length to a very long distance? Perhaps using the max integer
possible in groff?
--d
On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 11:36:35 AM EST, James K. Lowden
wrote:
How do I show "infinite" tables in nroff? When the tbl output doesn't
fit on one "page", I get:
$ nroff -t foo
err
How do I show "infinite" tables in nroff? When the tbl output doesn't
fit on one "page", I get:
$ nroff -t foo
error: page 2: table will not fit on one page; use .TS H/.TH with a
supporting macro package
I don't understand how man/mdoc arrange for nroff to display one long
page (e.g., for "man
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