List within a table using the mm package

[Günther Wollenweber]

Hi all,

I'm fairly new to groff and have a question about the mm macro package.

When including a list in a table cell, how can I prevent mm from inserting
a blank vertical space before the first list item and thus completely
disrupt the alignement of the lines?

For instance, the following sample code:

.TS
ll.
Case_1 T{
.AL a 2 1
.LI
Subcase_A
.LI
Subcase_B
.LI
Subcase_C
.LE
T}
.TE

produces this:

Case_1
           a. Subcase_A
           b. Subcase_B
           c. Subcase_C

However, what I want to achieve is this:

Case_1     a. Subcase_A
           b. Subcase_B
           c. Subcase_C

without the additional blank vertical space.

The mm documentation says:

"The spacing between list items may be suppressed for a particular list. If
the last argument to the list initialization macro is the digit 1, a blank
vertical space will not separate the items in the list. However, a blank
vertical space will occur before the first item."

So far, so good, but how can I prevent this from happening?

Thanks in advance for your time!
Günther