Re: [Groff] Error in hdtbl

[Joachim Walsdorff]

Am 03.02.2013 22:47, schrieb Bernd Warken:
> The following table
>
> .TBL cols=3
> .TR ".TD 1*2 .TD 2+3*2 colspan=2"
> .ETB
>
> wrongly gets:
>
> |                                          |                     |
> +1*2---------------------------------------+2+3*2----------------+
>
> while
>
> .TBL cols=3
> .TR
> .TD 1*2
> .TD 2+3*2 colspan=2
> .ETB
>
> gets it right:
>
> |                    |                                           |
> +1*2-----------------+-2+3*2-------------------------------------+
>                       |
> Bernd Warken
hdtbl behaves right in both  of your examples. The hdtbl-manpage says:
"If a macro has one or more arguments, and it is not starting a line, it
must be enclosed in double quotes." So you must write the second line of 
the first example
        .TR .TD 1*2 ".TD 2+3*2 colspan=2"
to get the expected result.

Jochim Walsdorff
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