Re: bug in new curs_inopts(3x) table

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 08:36:58AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> [CCing Ingo to confirm resolution of mandoc 1.14.6 bug]
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Documenter's Workbench 3.3 tbl throws diagnostics and truncates the
> curs_inopts(3x) page upon encountering its new table.
> 
> $ DWBHOME=. ./bin/tbl /tmp/branden/curs_inopts.3x.orig | less
> File /tmp/branden/curs_inopts.3x.orig, line 306: Tried to widen table after 
> first row
> tbl quits
> 
> Other implementations that are close to AT&T tbl will, I expect, have
> the same problem.  GNU tbl, Heirloom Doctools tbl, and mandoc are all
> fine with it.  They do not complain even though the table format syntax
> might be suspect.  (GNU tbl "rectangularizes" the shape of the table
> after reading its format, and my understanding of Lesk's original tbl
> paper is that AT&T tbl did too.  Maybe a bug, or maybe I misunderstand.)

yes... I only checked it with groff, and it looked fine here :-)
 
> Here is a patch.
> 
> --- /tmp/branden/curs_inopts.3x.orig    2023-08-13 07:59:40.964704089 -0500
> +++ /tmp/branden/curs_inopts.3x 2023-08-13 08:00:13.624651014 -0500
> @@ -302,10 +302,9 @@
>  This implementation provides four functions which may be used to detect
>  if the corresponding flags were set or reset:
>  .TS
> -l l l
> -_ _ _ _
> -l l l .
> +l l l.
>  \fBQuery\fP    \fBSet\fP       \fBReset\fP
> +_
>  is_cbreak      cbreak  nocbreak
>  is_echo        echo    noecho
>  is_nl  nl      nonl

thanks (too much copy/paste yesterday :-( )

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net

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