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commit 1ac680b43365021deb6ebe76617dfc10374fe37a
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Sep 8 09:15:58 2026 -0500
tbl(1): Improve organization.
Pull the introduction of tbl-specific jargon into the "Overview"
subsection, dropping it from the introductory summary of command
operation, which is more oriented to how the tbl _command_ interacts
with the operating system.
---
src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
index 7f98436f6..76f0bd156 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ input into the language understood by
It copies each
.IR file 's
contents to the standard output stream,
-transforming each
-.I "table region"
-between lines starting with
+transforming input between lines starting with
.B .TS
and
.B .TE
@@ -145,14 +143,17 @@ reads the standard input stream.
.\" ====================================================================
.
.I @g@tbl
-expects to find table descriptions between input lines that begin with
+expects to find a
+.I "table region"
+between input lines that begin with
.B .TS
(table start)
and
.B .TE
(table end).
.
-Each such table region encloses one or more table descriptions.
+Each table region encloses one or more
+.I "table descriptions."
.
Within a table region,
table descriptions beyond the first must each be preceded
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