[Groff-commit] groff ChangeLog NEWS src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man

[Werner LEMBERG]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/groff
Module name:    groff
Changes by:     Werner LEMBERG <wl>     07/01/05 14:42:22

Modified files:
        .              : ChangeLog NEWS 
        src/preproc/tbl: tbl.man 

Log message:
        * src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man: Document .T#.
        
        Revert last NEWS change.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/ChangeLog?cvsroot=groff&r1=1.1018&r2=1.1019
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/NEWS?cvsroot=groff&r1=1.232&r2=1.233
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man?cvsroot=groff&r1=1.17&r2=1.18

Patches:
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/groff/groff/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.1018
retrieving revision 1.1019
diff -u -b -r1.1018 -r1.1019
--- ChangeLog   5 Jan 2007 13:47:13 -0000       1.1018
+++ ChangeLog   5 Jan 2007 14:42:22 -0000       1.1019
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 2006-01-05  Werner LEMBERG  <address@hidden>
 
-       * src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man, NEWS: Document \n[TW].
+       * src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man: Document .T# and \n[TW].
 
 2006-01-04  Gaius Mulley  <address@hidden>
 

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/groff/groff/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.232
retrieving revision 1.233
diff -u -b -r1.232 -r1.233
--- NEWS        5 Jan 2007 13:47:13 -0000       1.232
+++ NEWS        5 Jan 2007 14:42:22 -0000       1.233
@@ -82,12 +82,6 @@
 o Pic now supports up to 32 macro arguments (and up to 16 on EBCDIC
   platforms).
 
-Tbl
----
-
-o The number register `TW' holds the width of the last table.  This GNU
-  extension isn't new but hasn't been documented before.
-
 Chem
 ----
 

Index: src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/groff/groff/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man     5 Jan 2007 13:47:13 -0000       1.17
+++ src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man     5 Jan 2007 14:42:22 -0000       1.18
@@ -411,6 +411,32 @@
 .B .TS
 request.
 .
+.LP
+The number register
+.B \[rs]n[TW]
+holds the table width; it can't be used within the table itself but is defined
+right before calling
+.B .TE
+so that this macro can make use of it.
+.
+.LP
+.B tbl
+also defines a macro
+.B .T#
+which produces the bottom and side lines of a boxed table.
+While
+.B tbl
+does call this macro itself at the end of the table, it can be used by
+macro packages to create boxes for multi-page tables by calling it within the
+page footer.
+An example of this is shown by the
+.B \-ms
+macros which provide this functionality if a table starts with
+.B .TS\ H
+instead of the standard call to the
+.B .TS
+macro.
+.
 .
 .SH "INTERACTION WITH @address@hidden"
 .BR @address@hidden (@MAN1EXT@)
@@ -444,11 +470,6 @@
 you should avoid using any names beginning with a\~\c
 .BR 3 .
 .
-.LP
-The number register
-.B \[rs]n[TW]
-holds the table width of the previous table.
-.
 .
 .SH "GNU TBL WITHIN MACROS"
 Since