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

[Werner LEMBERG]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/groff
Module name:    groff
Changes by:     Werner LEMBERG <wl>     08/11/07 08:58:36

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

Log message:
        Improve documentation of text block widths.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man?cvsroot=groff&r1=1.22&r2=1.23

Patches:
Index: tbl.man
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RCS file: /cvsroot/groff/groff/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man,v
retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -b -r1.22 -r1.23
--- tbl.man     27 Oct 2008 08:33:28 -0000      1.22
+++ tbl.man     7 Nov 2008 08:58:36 -0000       1.23
@@ -455,9 +455,14 @@
 (and
 .B .ad
 after the table).
-The default length of a text block is given by L\[tmu]C/(N+1),
-where `L' is the current line length, `C' the number of columns spanned
-by the text block, and `N' the total number of columns in the table.
+If no `w' specifier is given, the default length of a text block (to be more
+precise, the line length used to process the text block diversion) is given
+by L\[tmu]C/(N+1), where `L' is the current line length, `C' the number of
+columns spanned by the text block, and `N' the total number of columns in
+the table.
+Note, however, that the actual diversion width as given in register
+.B \[rs]n[dl]
+is used eventually as the text block width.
 .
 .LP
 To change the data format within a table, use the