>>> what takes me wonder is the question what went wrong with \$_ ?
>>
>> I don't know where the "\$_" comes from. It's not in the tbl
>> manpage, nor in the original tbl paper from Bell Labs.
>
> I got it from UTP page 487. This is my basic source.
Obviously a bunch of typos. For groff tbl, the primary documentation
is $(Q#|(B you guess it $(Q#|(B its man page:
If a data line consists of only `_' or `=', a single or double line,
respectively, is drawn across the table at that point; if a single
item in a data line consists of only `_' or `=', then that item is
replaced by a single or double line, joining its neighbours. If a
data item consists only of `\_' or `\=', a single or double line,
respectively, is drawn across the field at that point which does not
join its neighbours.
> I read it this way:
> |\_| will result in | -------- |
No, this is `_'.
> |\$_| will result in |------------|
No, this is `\_'.
Larry, you've something to fix :-)
Werner
