Hi Werner, > > I think I learnt this from the list when I asked a few months ago. > > See lines marked `->' and tbl(1). [...] > > > > -> l rd. > > ... > > -> \^;\^ > > Very nice :-) This tbl trick apparently escaped my radar, and I can't > remember having seen it on the list.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2012-04/msg00001.html was the start of the brief thread, credit, as so often, to Tadziu for the answer. :-) > Could you prepare a small patch to tbl.man which documents that? It's > far from obvious. My last email in that thread summed up my understanding, here's a patch based on that. I think the main issue was the ambiguous parse of the original; I took it to mean that `d' alone was sufficient. Feel free to axe the example or otherwise edit as you prefer. Cheers, Ralph. --- tbl.1.orig 2012-09-11 10:39:50.000000000 +0100 +++ tbl.1 2012-09-11 10:55:15.000000000 +0100 @@ -393,8 +393,59 @@ . .TP .BR d , D -Start an item vertically spanning rows at the bottom of its range rather +Start an item that vertically spans rows, +using the `^' column specifier or `\[rs]^' data item, +at the bottom of its range rather than vertically centering it (GNU tbl only). +Example: +.RS +.IP +.EX +\&.TS +\&tab(;) allbox; +\&l ld +\&r ^ +\&l rd. +\&T{ +\&1 +\&.br +\&2 +\&T};foo +\&r; +\&T{ +\&3 +\&.br +\&4 +\&T};bar +\&\^;\^ +\&.TE +.EE +.RE +. +.IP +Result: +. +.RS +.IP +.TS +tab(;) allbox; +l ld +r ^ +l rd. +T{ +1 +.br +2 +T};foo +r; +T{ +3 +.br +4 +T};bar +\^;\^ +.TE +.RE . .TP .BR e , E
