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-.ig \"-*- nroff -*-
-Copyright (C) 1989-1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
-this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
-are preserved on all copies.
-
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
-manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
-entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
-permission notice identical to this one.
-
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
-manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified
-versions, except that this permission notice may be included in
-translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in
-the original English.
-..
-.TH @G@TBL @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
-.SH NAME
-@g@tbl \- format tables for troff
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B @g@tbl
-[
-.B \-Cv
-]
-[
-.IR files \|.\|.\|.
-]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-This manual page describes the GNU version of
-.BR tbl ,
-which is part of the groff document formatting system.
-.B tbl
-compiles descriptions of tables embedded within
-.B troff
-input files into commands that are understood by
-.BR troff .
-Normally, it should be invoked using the
-.B \-t
-option of
-.B groff.
-It is highly compatible with Unix
-.BR tbl .
-The output generated by GNU
-.B tbl
-cannot be processed with Unix
-.BR troff ;
-it must be processed with GNU
-.BR troff .
-If no files are given on the command line, the standard input
-will be read.
-A filename of
-.B \-
-will cause the standard input to be read.
-.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-.B \-C
-Recognize
-.B .TS
-and
-.B .TE
-even when followed by a character other than space or newline.
-.TP
-.B \-v
-Print the version number.
-.SH USAGE
-Only the differences between GNU
-.B tbl
-and Unix
-.B tbl
-are described here.
-.LP
-Normally
-.B tbl
-attempts to prevent undesirable breaks in the table by using diversions.
-This can sometimes interact badly with macro packages' own use of diversions,
-when footnotes, for example, are used.
-The
-.B nokeep
-option tells
-.B tbl
-not to try and prevent breaks in this way.
-.LP
-The
-.B decimalpoint
-option specifies the character to be recognized as the decimal
-point character in place of the default period.
-It takes an argument in parentheses, which must be a single
-character, as for the
-.B tab
-option.
-.LP
-The
-.B f
-format modifier can be followed by an arbitrary length
-font name in parentheses.
-.LP
-There is a
-.B d
-format modifier which means that a vertically spanning entry
-should be aligned at the bottom of its range.
-.LP
-There is no limit on the number of columns in a table, nor any limit
-on the number of text blocks.
-All the lines of a table are considered in deciding column
-widths, not just the first 200.
-Table continuation
-.RB ( .T& )
-lines are not restricted to the first 200 lines.
-.LP
-Numeric and alphabetic items may appear in the same column.
-.LP
-Numeric and alphabetic items may span horizontally.
-.LP
-.B tbl
-uses register, string, macro and diversion names beginning with
-.BR 3 .
-When using
-.B tbl
-you should avoid using any names beginning with a
-.BR 3 .
-.SH BUGS
-You should use
-.BR .TS\ H / .TH
-in conjunction with a supporting macro package for
-.I all
-multi-page boxed tables.
-If there is no header that you wish to appear at the top of each page
-of the table, place the
-.B .TH
-line immediately after the format section.
-Do not enclose a multi-page table within keep/release macros,
-or divert it in any other way.
-.LP
-A text block within a table must be able to fit on one page.
-.LP
-The
-.B bp
-request cannot be used to force a page-break in a multi-page table.
-Instead, define
-.B BP
-as follows
-.IP
-.B .de BP
-.br
-.B .ie '\e\en(.z'' .bp \e\e$1
-.br
-.B .el \e!.BP \e\e$1
-.br
-.B ..
-.br
-.LP
-and use
-.B BP
-instead of
-.BR bp .
-.LP
-Using \ea directly in a table to get leaders will not work.
-This is correct behaviour: \ea is a
-.B uninterpreted
-leader.
-To get leaders use a real leader, either by using a control A or like
-this:
-.IP
-.nf
-.ft B
-\&.ds a \ea
-\&.TS
-tab(;);
-lw(1i) l.
-A\e*a;B
-\&.TE
-.ft
-.fi
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR groff (@MAN1EXT@),
-.BR @g@troff (@MAN1EXT@)