Re: [Groff] tbl: pdf has wrong tables

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Marcela,

> I have problem convert manual page ps1.1 from manual to pdf or ps
> file.  The pdf file has tables over the edge of the paper.  I'm using
> groff-1.18.1.4.

I haven't looked at generating PDF yet, but ps.1 formats badly to a tty
on this Ubuntu 7.10 system.  Perhaps that suggests it's not PDF
generation that's the problem but the column width settings in the ps.1.

~~~~~~ 80 character line length ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       args      COMMANDcommand with all its arguments as a string. 
Modifications
                        to the arguments may be shown. The output in this column
                        may contain spaces. A process marked <defunct> is partly
                        dead, waiting to be fully destroyed by its parent.
                        Sometimes the process args will be unavailable; when 
this
                        happens, ps will instead print the executable name in
                        brackets. (alias cmd, command). See also the comm format
                        keyword, the -f option, and the c option.
                        When specified last, this column will extend to the edge
                        of the display. If ps can not determine display width, 
as
                        when output is redirected (piped) into a file or another
                        command, the output width is undefined. (it may be 80,
                        unlimited, determined by the TERM variable, and so on) 
The
~~~~~~ 80 character line length ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There's insufficient separation between the second and third column, and
the line length is larger than desired.

Cheers,


Ralph.