=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/tbl.7,v retrieving revision 1.32 retrieving revision 1.34 diff -u -p -r1.32 -r1.34 --- mandoc/tbl.7 2019/02/08 22:51:53 1.32 +++ mandoc/tbl.7 2019/03/02 21:03:02 1.34 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -.\" $Id: tbl.7,v 1.32 2019/02/08 22:51:53 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: tbl.7,v 1.34 2019/03/02 21:03:02 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons -.\" Copyright (c) 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 Ingo Schwarze +.\" Copyright (c) 2014,2015,2017,2018,2019 Ingo Schwarze .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -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: February 8 2019 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 2 2019 $ .Dt TBL 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ T}::line 5 These examples were constructed to demonstrate many .Nm features in a compact way. -In real manual pages, keep tables as simple as possible: -Like that, they usually look better, are less fragile, and more portable. +In real manual pages, keep tables as simple as possible. +They usually look better, are less fragile, and are more portable. .Sh COMPATIBILITY The .Xr mandoc 1 @@ -438,3 +438,17 @@ reference was written by .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv and .An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org . +.Sh BUGS +In +.Fl T +.Cm utf8 +output mode, heavy lines are drawn instead of double lines. +This cannot be improved because the Unicode standard only provides +an incomplete set of box drawing characters with double lines, +whereas it provides a full set of box drawing characters +with heavy lines. +It is unlikely this can be improved in the future because the box +drawing characters are already marked in Unicode as characters +intended only for backward compatibility with legacy systems, +and their use is not encouraged. +So it seems unlikely that the missing ones might get added in the future.