> > Well, then I'd really like to have some general solution
> > (workaround) that would cause the cell widths in tables with any
> > arbitary number of columns to set to something more reasonable
> > than what tbl(1) currently does.
>
> That change needs to be made in tbl itself. Which is, I think,
> where this discussion has been heading all along.
As mentioned earlier, I don't object to adding a new tbl keyletter
which does what we all want to do. However, it won't help with
compatibility issues.
Werner