>> 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.
Silly me. The man page is incorrect! It must be If a macro has one or more arguments, and it is not starting a line, the arguments must be enclosed in double quotes. since `it' would refer to the macro... Werner