The issue is that tbl processes the entire file before groff sees it. The data follow is typically tbl <inputfile | groff ...
Can you express your column widths in en units? >From tbl(1) ... w,W Minimal column width value. Must be followed either by a troff(1) width expression in parentheses or a unitless integer. If no unit is given, en units are used. Also used as the default line length for included text blocks. If used multiple times to specify the width for a particular column, the last entry takes effect. On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 07:57:50AM -0800, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I want to make a document that can give good > ascii and Postscript results. I found that I need > to adjust the formating of tables. I'm trying to > to this with .ie/.el like this: > > 10 .TS H > 11 expand,center; > 12 .ie t lw(0.5i) lw(0.01i) lw(0.5i) lw(2.5i) lw(1.4i). > 13 .el lw(1i) lw(0.2i) lw(1i) lw(5i) lw(3i). > > However, it seems tbl doesn't understand this: > > tbl:wish.1:12: `.' not last character on line > tbl:wish.1:12: giving up on this table > > Please advise > > Thanks > > Anton > -- Mike Bianchi Foveal Systems 973 822-2085 mbian...@foveal.com http://www.AutoAuditorium.com http://www.FovealMounts.com