Re: [Groff] Question on TBL

[Michael Hobgood]

Okay, but why is it not assuming that I want
font CWw on the first two columns?

Mike Hobgood


On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 04:41:00PM +0200, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> > .TS
> > center box tab (#);
> > cfCWw (.5i) | cfCWw (2.5i) | cfIw (.5i).
> > po#ll#right
> > \^#\^#margin
> > .TE
> > 
> > When formatting it, tbl gives the error
> > message:
> >       unrecognized format `('
> >       giving up on this table
> 
> tbl is assuming you want font "Iw" and then doesn't know
> what to do with the "(".
> 
>  f,F    Either  of  these  specifiers  may  be  followed  by a font name
>         (either one or two  characters  long),  font  number  (a  single
>         digit),  or long name in parentheses (the last form is a GNU tbl
>         extension).  A one-letter font name must be separated by one  or
>         more blanks from whatever follows.
> 
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