Re: [Groff] hdtbl for tables of many pages in man

[Clarke Echols]

I had that problem in the HP-UX Reference back about 30 years ago.
No 3-page tables, but there was an occasional splash across from
one page to a second.

We concluded it wasn't worth the effort to make a global macro that
works because it's rare in the world of man pages.  Just stay
with the .TS/.TE for each and be done with it.  Man pages don't vary
much once written, unlike general-purpose macros like 'ms' or 'me'.

Clarke

On 01/31/2013 05:39 PM, Bernd Warken wrote:
> I have a man-page with a table that is 3 pages long.  It works when
> I split it in 3 parts and call .TS/.TE for each.
>
> I would prefer to use hdtbl.  You mention in groff_hdtbl(7) a
> macro that can go over several pages, but that works only in ms.
>
> Is there something for several pages tables in man?  If possible
> the header should also be written at each new page.
>
> Bernd Warken