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Re: lynx-dev table formatting (possible) solution
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev table formatting (possible) solution |
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Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:28:11 -0400 (EDT) |
> Sorry, I don't have time to do this (at least till middle of july). But
> w3m announced recently by Hiroyuki Senshu seems interesting. There is another
> possible gross hack to achive relatively good table rendering - collect
> table data while displaying them in one pass, then generate 'tbl' source,
> pass
> the source through 'tbl', then through 'groff' and invoke 'less' (don't shure
>
> whether this will work with merged cells). They will automatically extend
> table width if it doesn't fit in screen. The major disadvantage - absense of
> link in generated table.
portability again -
groff is not available on all platforms (for example, there is no stable
version of gcc that runs on IRIX64; groff is written in C++ though
admittedly it is not as infested with GNU-isms as some other programs).
SGI does not bundle troff with IRIX.
> >[...]
>
> Best regards,
> -Vlad
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Thomas E. Dickey
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