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commit 5039e7e433cb96fca4824685230c849fd565bdcd
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Feb 7 03:55:50 2026 -0600
tbl(1): Clarify behavior of "center" region opt.
This describes all known tbls. See
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2026-02/msg00042.html>.
---
src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
index 5d94642a2..5faeca814 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
@@ -275,8 +275,9 @@ as a synonym.
.
.TP
.B center
-Center the table region with respect to the current indentation and line
-length;
+Center the table region with respect to the line length,
+reducing the indentation if necessary
+to make the table region fit;
the default is to left-align it.
.
GNU
@@ -399,7 +400,9 @@ This is a GNU extension.
.TP
.B nowarn
Suppress diagnostic messages produced at document formatting time when
-the line or page lengths are inadequate to contain a table row.
+the line length and indentation
+or page length
+is inadequate to contain a table row.
.
This is a GNU extension.
.
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