gbranden pushed a commit to branch master in repository groff. commit 7925122f390decc2cdcc6072645b9e16190587ad Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> AuthorDate: Sun Aug 14 05:59:16 2022 -0500
tbl(1): Document nroff mode vertical space issue. For me, at least, this knowledge was hard-won. :-| --- src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man index 36dc21141..d97e312e1 100644 --- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man +++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man @@ -1555,6 +1555,21 @@ so the .B u column modifier has no effect. . +On terminal devices, +horizontal rules and box borders occupy a full vee of space; +this amount is doubled for +.B doublebox +tables. +. +Tables using these features thus require more vertical space in +.I nroff +mode than in +.I troff +mode: +write +.B ne +requests accordingly. +. . .P A text block within a table must be able to fit on one page. _______________________________________________ Groff-commit mailing list Groff-commit@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff-commit