Re: [Groff] Unexpected tbl behavior

[Blake McBride]

I still can't understand the output of my previous email, however, I now
realize that the output I was looking for is achieved with:

.TS
tab(;);
L L L .
AAA;BBB;CCC
\_;\_;\_
aaa;bbb;ccc
.TE




On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Blake McBride <address@hidden> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Playing with tbl, I hit something I can't figure out.  I get the same
> result with groff and heirloom so it must be me.  My input text looks like
> this:
>
> .TS
> tab(;);
> L L L L L .
> AAA;;BBB;;CCC
> _;;_;;_
> aaa;;bbb;;ccc
> .TE
>
>
> The first column is, unexpectedly, wide, i.e. longer than needed.
>
> The second column is not left justified.  It has padding on the right and
> left.
>
> The third column had no padding on the right, but does on the left.
>
> I don't understand the padding, and worse yet, it is inconsistently
> applied.
>
> I really appreciate help understanding this.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Blake McBride
>
>