===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/tbl.7,v
retrieving revision 1.19
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -p -r1.19 -r1.22
--- mandoc/tbl.7	2014/10/13 23:31:46	1.19
+++ mandoc/tbl.7	2015/01/20 19:39:34	1.22
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: tbl.7,v 1.19 2014/10/13 23:31:46 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: tbl.7,v 1.22 2015/01/20 19:39:34 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 13 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 20 2015 $
 .Dt TBL 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ macro tags, whose precise syntax is documented in
 Tables consist of a series of options on a single line, followed by the
 table layout, followed by data.
 .Pp
-For example, the following creates a boxed table with digits centred in
+For example, the following creates a boxed table with digits centered in
 the cells.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 \&.TS
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ in the case of
 .Ss Options
 The first line of a table consists of space-separated option keys and
 modifiers terminated by a semicolon.
+For GNU compatibility, option keys can also be separated by commas.
 If the first line does not have a terminating semicolon, it is assumed
 that no options are specified and instead a
 .Sx Layout
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ Layout lines may also be separated by a comma.
 Each layout cell consists of one of the following case-insensitive keys:
 .Bl -tag -width 2n
 .It Cm c
-Centre a literal string within its column.
+Center a literal string within its column.
 .It Cm r
 Right-justify a literal string within its column.
 .It Cm l
@@ -248,6 +249,11 @@ The following case-insensitive modifier keys are avail
 .Bl -tag -width 2n
 .It Cm b
 Use a bold font for the contents of this column.
+.It Cm e
+Make this column wider to match the maximum width
+of any other column also having the
+.Cm e
+modifier.
 .It Cm f
 The next character selects the font to use for this column.
 See the
@@ -255,20 +261,25 @@ See the
 manual for supported one-character font names.
 .It Cm i
 Use an italic font for the contents of this column.
+.It Cm x
+After determining the width of all other columns, distribute the
+rest of the line length among all columns having the
+.Cm x
+modifier.
+.It Cm z
+Do not use this cell for determining the width of this column.
 .El
 .Pp
 The modifiers
 .Cm d ,
-.Cm e ,
-.Cm r ,
 .Cm t ,
 .Cm u ,
 and
-.Cm z
+.Cm w
 are ignored by
 .Xr mandoc 1 .
 .Pp
-For example, the following layout specifies a centre-justified column of
+For example, the following layout specifies a center-justified column of
 minimum width 10, followed by vertical bar, followed by a left-justified
 column of minimum width 10, another vertical bar, then a column using
 bold font justified about the decimal point in numbers: