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

[Werner LEMBERG]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/groff
Module name:    groff
Changes by:     Werner LEMBERG <wl>     08/11/17 07:05:17

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

Log message:
        Clarify interaction of x, w, and e specifiers.
        
        Improve documentation of e specifier.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man?cvsroot=groff&r1=1.25&r2=1.26

Patches:
Index: tbl.man
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RCS file: /cvsroot/groff/groff/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.man,v
retrieving revision 1.25
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -b -r1.25 -r1.26
--- tbl.man     16 Nov 2008 17:22:21 -0000      1.25
+++ tbl.man     17 Nov 2008 07:05:16 -0000      1.26
@@ -398,7 +398,9 @@
 .TP
 .BR e , E
 Make equally-spaced columns.
-All columns marked with this specifier get the same width.
+All columns marked with this specifier get the same width; this happens
+after the affected column widths have been computed (this means that the
+largest width value rules).
 .
 .TP
 .BR f , F
@@ -504,13 +506,26 @@
 Default separation is 3n.
 .
 .LP
-The column specifiers
-.BR e ,
-.BR w ,
-and
-.B x
-are mutually exclusive; if specified multiple times for a particular column,
-the last entry takes effect.
+The column
+.RB specifier\~ x
+is mutually exclusive with
+.B e
+.RB and\~ w
+(but
+.B e
+is not mutually exclusive
+.RB with\~ w );
+if specified multiple times for a particular column, the last entry takes
+effect:
+.BR x \~unsets
+both
+.B e
+.RB and\~ w ,
+while either
+.B e
+or
+.B w
+.RB overrides\~ x .
 .
 .
 .SS Table data