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diff --git a/contrib/groff/tbl/tbl.man b/contrib/groff/tbl/tbl.man deleted file mode 100644 index 6016ddf35f8f..000000000000 --- a/contrib/groff/tbl/tbl.man +++ /dev/null @@ -1,178 +0,0 @@ -.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@) |