Re: groff 1.22.4 mandb 2.11.2 man -H tbl not rendered

[Brian Inglis]

Thanks Branden,

That and what you've changed already is much better than current, as it 
previously read as if global/region options could be specified after .T&.

Any chance you could eventually get the info docs to the same level?
I normally expect more and easier access to the info than the man pages for GNU 
packages, so start there first! ;^>

[And prefer "open" ePub, vs *proprietary* Adobe PS and PDF, as it's zipped html 
readable in browser addons, or vim or less(/open) if desperate. Get on it FSF!]

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada


On 2023-02-22 01:00, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2023-02-22T01:12:31-0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Ah, I understand you now.  Yes.  A "table continuation" (`.T&`) isn't
> > treated in most (any?) respects like a separate table by tbl(1).
> [...]
> > I'll have a look at the caveats regarding multi-page boxed or
> > column-heading-requiring tables and see if they need to say "table
> > region" instead of "table" in some places.
>
> I think you've identified an ambiguity in my writing and/or thinking.  I
> have the following change in my working copy.  Does this read more
> clearly?
>
> diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
> index 6fd06d634..15a3c7638 100644
> --- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
> +++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
> @@ -146,13 +146,21 @@ and
>   .
>   Each such
>   .I table region
> -encloses one or more tables.
> +encloses one or more table descriptions.
>   .
>   Within a table region,
>   table descriptions beyond the first must each be preceded
>   by an input line beginning with
>   .BR .T& .
>   .
> +This mechanism does not start a new table region;
> +all table descriptions are treated as part of their
> +.BR .TS / .TE
> +enclosure,
> +even if they are boxed or have column headings that repeat on subsequent
> +pages
> +(see below).
> +.
>   .
>   .P
>   (Experienced