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Re: [Groff] tbl and inter-column spacing
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Joerg van den Hoff |
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Re: [Groff] tbl and inter-column spacing |
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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:40:15 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 06:01:18PM +0200, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
>
> > but I still would appreciate to get some hint how to tune
> > the inter-column spacing.
>
> From "Tbl -- A Program to Format Tables":
>
> Space between columns -- A number may follow the key-letter.
> This indicates the amount of separation between this
> column and the next column. The number normally specifies
> the separation in ens. If the "expand" option is used,
> then these numbers are multiplied by a constant such
> that the table is as wide as the current line length. The
> default column separation number is 3. If the separation
> is changed the worst case (largest space requested)
> governs.
>
yes, thanks. and my problem relates to the `expand' directive
(cf. my other mail to werner and the list).
the above is quite clear and it seems that for too wide tables
`expand' actually uses the constant value zero to multipy the column
separation (which still does not guarantee that the final table is
as wide as the line length, though).
overall, I think it would be nicer if `expand' would check that
the final column separation does not drop below, say, 1 'en'.
zero separation just does'nt look right...
joerg