Re: [Groff] W.: [bug #42978] tbl does not restore the tab settings

[Carsten Kunze]

Hi Ralph,

> Yes, I don't think it can be done in portable troff as the current
> positions aren't available to be saved.

I don't know anything about the man macros (not even usage ;) but if they use 
tabs on their own and use a variable for .ta as argument they could indeed save 
and restore the setting by defining .TS and .TE?

I can understand if someone is a little bit disappointed that tbl silently 
changes the tab setting.  Maybe the appropriate macro package could be improved 
a little bit.  Or do you see a portability problem also?

Cheers,
Carsten