George Michaelson wrote in <CAM2GGymR6=-Xo21Vvd=4T3Q7BYP_xqj=V=1qmfa12fynfj+...@mail.gmail.com>: |Not to prolong the agony, I tried the example on OSX for man tbl: | | .TS | tab(@); | ccc. | This@is@centered | Well,@this@also | .TE | |It didn't work with the nroff -man they supply. It did work with mandoc
It surely works with "tbl FILE|nroff|more" if there is tbl and nroff. Or solely "groff -tTascii FILE|more". |So my summary of understanding so far: Yes i think so. Note that in Hello world.$ $ This^Iis^Icentered$ .sp 0$ This^Iis^Icentered$ $ Well,^Ithis^Ialso$ $ Hey.$ This not$ mandoc deviates from groff unless .ta is used as in Hello world.$ $ .ta 4 8$ This^Iis^Icentered$ .sp 0$ This^Iis^Icentered$ $ Well,^Ithis^Ialso$ $ Hey.$ This not$ Ie better set tabs explicitly. Now. I am not an expert, and my mandoc is very old, things might have changed. $ ll $(command -v mandoc) -rwxr-xr-x 1 steffen steffen 1176552 Apr 13 2019 /usr/local/bin/mandoc* --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)
