Sorry, I only read the first half of your text properly. I didn't check
whether the standard tbl behaviour of the .TS H/.TH mechanism is
observed by the man/mdoc packages. That can theoretically depend on the
output target. If it is a text terminal, then there is no "page length",
the text flows; only when printed (e.g. via PDF or PS devices) there
should be a notion of a page size and thus awareness of the header and
table break mechanism is needed.
Oliver.
On 20/01/2021 17:51, ds26gte--- via wrote:
Set page length to a very long distance? Perhaps using the max integer
possible in groff?
--d
On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 11:36:35 AM EST, James K. Lowden
<jklow...@schemamania.org> wrote:
How do I show "infinite" tables in nroff? When the tbl output doesn't
fit on one "page", I get:
$ nroff -t foo
error: page 2: table will not fit on one page; use .TS H/.TH with a
supporting macro package
I don't understand how man/mdoc arrange for nroff to display one long
page (e.g., for "man bash"). I guess it's something the man system
does when groff is invoked.
For my purpose, I'm displaying SQL output. I don't particularly want
to use any macro package; just tbl is enough to get nicely word-wrapped
wide columns.
--jk
