Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note that heirloom's output is worse (I've used a compiled CVS version > from 2007-Jan-09). Using `tbl | nroff -Tlp' I get > > a a c c > [7 b b b b b > b b b b b > b b b b b > b > e e > [7d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > d d > > <note> > The `[7' is actually `<ESC>7' -- looks like a bug... Supposedly it > should move up one line. However, neither `less' nor my xterm > console understand this, and it isn't helpful for output redirected > to a file.
The output of nroff -Tlp needs to be filtered with col -x to get plain text. > </note> > > Apparently, heirloom's tbl uses the minimum width of the first column > for the whole span. I agree that this is not optimal, but I wouldn't alter the behavior without introducing additional options or such in order to avoid unexpected changes in existing documents. Gunnar
