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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/tbl.7,v
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diff -u -p -r1.10 -r1.22
--- mandoc/tbl.7	2011/01/11 14:15:56	1.10
+++ mandoc/tbl.7	2015/01/20 19:39:34	1.22
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-.\"	$Id: tbl.7,v 1.10 2011/01/11 14:15:56 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: tbl.7,v 1.22 2015/01/20 19:39:34 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -14,7 +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: January 11 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 20 2015 $
 .Dt TBL 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -134,6 +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
@@ -180,8 +182,6 @@ Accepts a single-character argument.
 This character will be used as the decimal point with the
 .Cm n
 layout key.
-This option is not supported by
-.Xr mandoc 1 .
 .It Cm nospaces
 This option is not supported by
 .Xr mandoc 1 .
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ Each layout line corresponds to a line of data; the la
 applies to all remaining data lines.
 Layout lines may also be separated by a comma.
 Each layout cell consists of one of the following case-insensitive keys:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.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
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ Justify a number around its last decimal point.
 If the decimal point is not found on the number, it's assumed to trail
 the number.
 .It Cm s
-Horizontally span columns from the last non-
-.Ns Cm s
+Horizontally span columns from the last
+.No non- Ns Cm s
 data cell.
 It is an error if spanning columns follow a
 .Cm \-
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ This option is not supported by
 .It Cm a
 Left-justify a literal string and pad with one space.
 .It Cm ^
-Vertically span rows from the last non-
-.Ns Cm ^
+Vertically span rows from the last
+.No non- Ns Cm ^
 data cell.
 It is an error to invoke a vertical span on the first layout row.
 Unlike a horizontal spanner, you must specify an empty cell (if it not
@@ -246,26 +246,45 @@ Keys may be followed by a set of modifiers.
 A modifier is either a modifier key or a natural number for specifying
 the minimum width of a column.
 The following case-insensitive modifier keys are available:
-.Cm z ,
-.Cm u ,
-.Cm e ,
-.Cm t ,
+.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
+.Xr roff 7
+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 f ,
-.Cm b ,
-.Cm i ,
-.Cm b ,
+.Cm t ,
+.Cm u ,
 and
-.Cm i .
-All of these are ignored by
+.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
-justified about the decimal point in numbers:
+column of minimum width 10, another vertical bar, then a column using
+bold font justified about the decimal point in numbers:
 .Pp
-.Dl c10 | l10 | n
+.Dl c10 | l10 | nfB
 .Ss Data
 The data section follows the last layout row.
 By default, cells in a data section are delimited by a tab.
@@ -327,7 +346,7 @@ This formed the basis of the implementation that is pa
 .Xr mandoc 1
 utility.
 .Sh AUTHORS
-This partial
+This
 .Nm
 reference was written by
-.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv .
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .