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version 1.2, 2011/01/05 09:31:10 |
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.Sq TE |
.Sq TE |
.Xr roff 7 |
.Xr roff 7 |
macros. |
macros. |
A table consists of an optional single line of table options terminated |
A table consists of an optional single line of table |
by a semicolon, followed by one or more lines of layout specification |
.Sx Options |
terminated by a period, then table data. |
terminated by a semicolon, followed by one or more lines of |
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.Sx Layout |
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specifications terminated by a period, then |
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.Sx Data . |
All input must be 7-bit ASCII. |
All input must be 7-bit ASCII. |
Example: |
Example: |
.Bd -literal -offset indent |
.Bd -literal -offset indent |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
in the case of |
in the case of |
.Xr man 7 . |
.Xr man 7 . |
.Ss Table Options |
.Ss Options |
The first line of a table consists of its options, which consists of |
The first line of a table consists of space-separated option keys and |
space-separated keys and modifiers terminated by a semicolon. |
modifiers terminated by a semicolon. |
If the first line does not have a terminating semicolon, it is assumed |
If the first line does not have a terminating semicolon, it is assumed |
that no options are specified and instead a layout is processed. |
that no options are specified and instead a |
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.Sx Layout |
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is processed. |
Some options accept arguments enclosed by paranthesis. |
Some options accept arguments enclosed by paranthesis. |
The following case-insensitive options are available: |
The following case-insensitive options are available: |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
Line 181 This option is not supported by |
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Line 186 This option is not supported by |
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This option is not supported by |
This option is not supported by |
.Xr mandoc 1 . |
.Xr mandoc 1 . |
.El |
.El |
.Ss Table Layout |
.Ss Layout |
The table layout follows table options, except in the case of |
The table layout follows |
.Sx \&T& , |
.Sx Options |
where it immediately procedes invocation. |
or a |
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.Sq \&T& |
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macro invocation. |
Layout specifies how data rows are displayed on output. |
Layout specifies how data rows are displayed on output. |
Each layout line corresponds to a line of data; the last layout line |
Each layout line corresponds to a line of data; the last layout line |
applies to all remaining data lines. |
applies to all remaining data lines. |
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.Cm i . |
.Cm i . |
All of these are ignored by |
All of these are ignored by |
.Xr mandoc 1 . |
.Xr mandoc 1 . |
.Ss Table Data |
.Ss Data |
The data section follows the last layout row. |
The data section follows the last layout row. |
By default, cells in a data section are delimited by a tab. |
By default, cells in a data section are delimited by a tab. |
This behaviour may be changed with the |
This behaviour may be changed with the |