I have never used hdtbl, and it looks like it can do exactly what I want. Thank you.
However, when I tried the following, modified from groff_hdtbl(7): .LP Something goes here. .TBL cols=3 . TR .TD 1*1 ".TD rowspan=2" 1+2*2 .TD 1*3 . TR .TD 2*1 .TD 2*3 .ETB .LP Something else ends here. I was surprised by the output: [image: image.png] The table appears *above* the first paragraph. I was expecting it to be between the two paragraphs. Is there a way to force it to appear between the two paragraphs? On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 7:42 AM Boss Hog <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 04:11:58PM -0400, T. Kurt Bond wrote: > > Is there any way to make alternate rows of a table have a light gray > > background? > > > Is HDTBL a viable option for your data? > > I was thinking of the options from man groff_hdtbl: > bgc=[c] > The background color of the table cells. > This includes the area specified with the ‘csp’ argument. > The argument ‘bgc=’ (no value) suppresses a background color; > this makes the background transparent. > Default: ‘bgc=bisque’ (string ‘t*bgc’). > > fgc=c The foreground color of the cell contents. > Default: ‘fgc=red4’ (string ‘t*fgc’). > > > > -- T. Kurt Bond, [email protected], https://tkurtbond.github.io
