=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/tbl.7,v retrieving revision 1.33 retrieving revision 1.38 diff -u -p -r1.33 -r1.38 --- mandoc/tbl.7 2019/02/09 16:46:13 1.33 +++ mandoc/tbl.7 2022/01/12 04:14:25 1.38 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: tbl.7,v 1.33 2019/02/09 16:46:13 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: tbl.7,v 1.38 2022/01/12 04:14:25 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2014,2015,2017,2018,2019 Ingo Schwarze @@ -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 9 2019 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 12 2022 $ .Dt TBL 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Allow page breaks within the table. This is a GNU extension and currently ignored. .It Cm nospaces Ignore leading and trailing spaces in data cells. -This is a GNU extension and currently ignored. +This is a GNU extension. .It Cm nowarn Suppress warnings about tables exceeding the current line length. This is a GNU extension and currently ignored. @@ -178,10 +178,11 @@ of any other column also having the .Cm e modifier. .It Cm f -The next character selects the font to use for this cell. +The next one or two characters select the font to use for this cell. +One-character font names must be followed by a blank or period. See the .Xr roff 7 -manual for supported one-character font names. +manual for supported font names. .It Cm i Use an italic font for the contents of this cell. .It Cm m @@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ allbox tab(:); le le||7 lw10. The fourth line:_:line 1 of this column:=:line 2 -determines:\_:line 3 +determines:\e_:line 3 the column width.:T{ This text is too wide to fit into a column of width 17. T}:line 4 @@ -394,8 +395,8 @@ 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 @@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ equations inside tables. .Xr roff 7 .Rs .%A M. E. Lesk -.%T Tbl\(emA Program to Format Tables +.%T Tbl \(em A Program to Format Tables .%D June 11, 1976 .Re .Sh HISTORY