Re: [Groff] tbl: Standard column width?

[walter harms]

Hi Werner,
i have noticed the problem also (mostly fixing the problem by adding T{ 
to every line. a max width sepcifierer would be helpfull.
(forcing a wrap ?)

re,
 walter



Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > I would like to know, if there is a standard column width, when I use
> > the .TS macro?
>
> Yes.  If there are N columns, and a text block spans C columns, the
> default width of this text block is
>
>   \n[.l]*C/(N+1)
>
> I've added this information to tbl.man.
>
> > The problem is, that the result of the following code is wrapped
> > text in the second column (independent from MANWIDTH), even if I use
> > expand:
>
> You might try, say,
>
>   lw(5u*\n[.l]u/12u)lw(5u*\n[.l]u/12u)
>
> as the format specificier to slightly increase the width.
>
>
>     Werner
>
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