Well, for Ascii art, Vim is probably better :-)
Rendered by FOP: ---------------------------------- The text |A1 |1 | | big | |2 | * | big |-----|-----|---| big | A2 | 1 |* | big | | 2 |** | big |---------------- big | | End of text. | | ----------------------------------
Would have liked: ---------------------------------- The text |A1 |1 | | big | |2 | * | big |-----|-----|---| big | A2 | 1 |* | big | | 2 |** | big | | | | big | | | | End of text. | | | | ----------------------------------