[Groff] Trying to use tabs and tab stops in groff

[T. Kurt Bond]

Hello,

I'm trying to use tabs and tab stops in groff to so some simple tables, and
can't figure out why it is not working.  Here's the input:

.\" groff -mm tabs.mm | ps2pdf - tabs.pdf
.P
A sentence to start the example.
.\" http://cmd.inp.nsk.su/old/cmd2/manuals/unix/UNIX_Unleashed/ch08.htm
.\" output should look something like:
.\"
http://cmd.inp.nsk.su/old/cmd2/manuals/unix/UNIX_Unleashed/art/08/08unx25.gif
.nf
.ta 3i 4.5i
Name\tBirthday\tTelephone

John Smith\t1/1/70\t(410) 555-1111
Dave Jones\t2/2/63\t(311) 800-0000
.tc -
Bob Williams\t3/3/56\t(999) 555-2222
.fi
.P
A sentence to end the example.


I get a result with everything smashed together, as if the "\t"s weren't
there at all.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

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T. Kurt Bond, address@hidden