Re: [Groff] table column spacing

2011-04-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> How about floating point distances. I got an error, cause of "." > finalizes the preamble. (Of cause one may use 0 distances at the > preamble and put horizontal spaces in the table data.) Sample, please. Werner

Re: [Groff] table column spacing

2011-04-07 Thread Holger Herrlich
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Re: [Groff] table column spacing

2011-04-07 Thread Ruud Baart
Thank you. Perhaps a GNU tbl only extension in the table global option section: columnseparation(n) where n is default 3? Like decimalpoint(c) and linesize(n). Op 7-4-2011 22:45, Werner LEMBERG schreef: Can the value be set for a whole document? The default value of 3 is quite some space. P

Re: [Groff] table column spacing

2011-04-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> Can the value be set for a whole document? The default value of 3 >> is quite some space. Probably a register setting? > > I don't think so, but I can't prove. This is correct. It's compiled into the binary. You can find this in file src/preproc/tbl/table.cpp: const int DEFAULT_COLUMN_S

Re: [Groff] table column spacing

2011-04-07 Thread Patrik Schindler
Am 07.04.2011 um 16:04 schrieb Ruud Baart: Thanks, that works. I can't imagine that I missed it in the documentation for so many years. It brings me to an other question. Can the value be set for a whole document? The default value of 3 is quite some space. Probably a register setting?

Re: [Groff] table column spacing

2011-04-07 Thread Ruud Baart
Thanks, that works. I can't imagine that I missed it in the documentation for so many years. It brings me to an other question. Can the value be set for a whole document? The default value of 3 is quite some space. Probably a register setting? Op 7-4-2011 13:50, Patrik Schindler wrote: Am 07.

Re: [Groff] table column spacing

2011-04-07 Thread Patrik Schindler
Am 07.04.2011 um 13:43 schrieb Ruud Baart: > In a table the column with can be defined by: w,WMinimal column width > value. But there is also some space from left cell boundary to cell content > and from the right side of the cell content to cell boundary. Sometimes, if > the table is t

[Groff] table column spacing

2011-04-07 Thread Ruud Baart
In a table the column with can be defined by: w,WMinimal column width value. But there is also some space from left cell boundary to cell content and from the right side of the cell content to cell boundary. Sometimes, if the table is too full, this space between cell content and cell bo