Re: [Groff] Readable tbl-source

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Slotte,

> When elimiting fields with TAB or : or whatever fields of varying
> lengths make it difficult to see what is going on.

In addition to your good ideas, you could pre-process the source.  I use
two spaces at the end of a sentance.  So three or more spaces could be a
separator.

    $ awk '/^\.TE/{f=0}f{gsub(/   +/, ":")}/^\.TS/{f=1}1' doc.t |
    > groff -t

Cheers,


Ralph.