> > 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