Re: [Groff] A trap with 'tbl'!

[Denis M. Wilson]

I was using -ms due to the .TH, and .vs does not
work directly (what were you using?). It all
worked when I used
    .nr VS 5m
    .LP

This is my command line:
    groff -ww -t -ms infile

Denis

On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:19:36 +0100 (BST)
(Ted Harding) <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 31-Jul-11 13:10:36, Denis M. Wilson wrote:
> > Hello Ted,
> > 
> > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:25:59 +0100 (BST)
> > (Ted Harding) <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> >> Greetings All!
> >> I'm writing to flag up a little trap that one might
> >> fall into when using 'tbl'.
> >> 
> >> Background: I'm setting up a table and I want each
> >> row to have a row number to the left of the table.
> >> (etc)
> > 
> > Even with the corrections given by various respondents,
> > the result does not work for me: the title row is numbered,
> > but the last row on each page is not. I couldn't fix this,
> > but if it is only the signature lines which are to be numbered,
> > you could omit the \v'-1.5m' from your definition, as this
> > puts the number on the *previous* line. Why -1.5m anyway?
> > Is this documented in tbl? Is m not a measure of horizontal
> > distance? The amount should be an upwards movement of 1v
> > plus the space taken up by the horizontal line (I couldn't
> > find a definition of this).
> > 
> > Best wishes,
> > Denis
> 
> Hi Denis,
> I have to confess (yet again) to an inadvertent omission in
> my first post which probably gave rise to your question.
> In my later post I gave the full code as far as it is relevant.
> Here it is again:
> 
> .vs 5m
> .ds lmn \Z'\v'-1.5m'\h'-\w'\\n+[lmno]\0\0\0\0\0'u'\\n[lmno]'
> .nr lmno 0 1
> .nr FM \n[FM]+5m
> .TS H
> expand tab(#);
> ce cw(2.0i) ce.
> Name (in Capitals)#Address#Signature
> _
> .TH
> .T&
> |l |l |l|.
> .nr lmno 0 1
> \*[lmn]
> _
> \*[lmn]
> _
> \*[lmn]
> _
> \*[lmn]
> _
> \*[lmn]
> _
> \*[lmn]
> _
> .TE
> 
> Notice the ".vs 5m" at the start. This makes each box
> adequate to contain a vertical space of 5m. This is to
> allow space for people to write their names, addresses
> and signatures.
> 
> Then, without the "\v'-1.5m'" in the definition of \*[lmn],
> the row number would be level with the bottom of the box
> (i.e. just above the horizontal line). With the "\v'-1.5m'",
> the row number at the side is pretty well vertically centred
> between the top and bottom of the box.
> 
> As you observed, without taking some step to increase the
> height of the box, the "\v'-1.5m'" will lift the number to
> the level of the line above, since each box is then only 1v,
> plus a bit, in height.
> 
> Sorry to have caused confusion!
> Ted.
> 
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