At 2022-08-13T16:26:43-0400, James K. Lowden wrote:
> Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> wrote:
> > The reason is not that mandoc tbl(7) to HTML conversion is bad but
> > that a structure display *is not tabular data*.
> 
> Ingo's point is irrefutable.

Oh yeah?  Prove it!  ;-)

> The goal of better output for structure definitions is salubrious.
> What is considered problematic currently, and what is Alejandro's goal,
> in terms of output?
> 
> I've seen a lot of discussion about using tbl(1) to that end, but I
> don't recall a "white paper" laying out the problem statement and
> rationale for that particular solution. 

The discussion started on the linux-man list in the course of a patch
review.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/62c1b6748d2faa6263264b9fcaa064495357441b.1658195739.git.nabijaczlew...@nabijaczleweli.xyz/T/#m83835d556f7dd115590ff756305734ce5fb27a18

I presented multiple alternatives.

Regards,
Branden

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