> >> While I still think it's a bug, [...] > > > > Why do you think so? At tbl stage it's impossible to expand a > > string register! > > Because it's truncating the string register. I think the correct > behavior would be to pass it through without truncating.
I don't think so. The correct way is to not use string variables in
tables, or, at least, to not use an `n' specifier.
Do you have time to write a small patch for tbl.man, documenting this?
Werner
