Re: Re: Avoid page break in tables without box option

2024-04-23 Thread Jan Eden
Hi Branden, On 2024-04-23 15:11, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Jan, > > At 2024-04-23T10:56:38+0200, Jan Eden wrote: > > On 2024-04-23 01:10, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Bracket your table with the `DS` and `DE` macros. > > > > This works great, but there's a side effect on one of my

Re: Avoid page break in tables without box option

2024-04-23 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Jan, At 2024-04-23T10:56:38+0200, Jan Eden wrote: > On 2024-04-23 01:10, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > Bracket your table with the `DS` and `DE` macros. > > This works great, but there's a side effect on one of my machines: > > - With groff 1.23.0, the whole document is set in Helvetica (as

Re: Re: Avoid page break in tables without box option

2024-04-23 Thread Jan Eden
Hi Branden, On 2024-04-23 01:10, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Jan, > > At 2024-04-23T07:28:41+0200, Jan Eden wrote: > > enclosing a table in a box avoids page breaks within the table > > reliably for me – is it possible to get the same behaviour without the > > box? > > Yes. This is what

Re: Re: Avoid page break in tables without box option

2024-04-23 Thread Jan Eden
Hi Thomas, On 2024-04-23 10:14, Thomas Dupond via wrote: > Jan Eden a écrit : > > Unfortunately, I failed to describe my requirements properly – sorry > > again. My document contains multiple relatively small tables, and each > > table should appear on exactly one page (i.e. should not cross

Re: Avoid page break in tables without box option

2024-04-23 Thread Thomas Dupond via
Jan Eden a écrit : > Unfortunately, I failed to describe my requirements properly – sorry > again. My document contains multiple relatively small tables, and each > table should appear on exactly one page (i.e. should not cross page > boundaries). > > I attached sample documents and the

Re: Re: Avoid page break in tables without box option

2024-04-23 Thread Jan Eden
Hi Branden, On 2024-04-23 01:59, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > The foregoing advice could probably use some fine-tuning. Is it okay to > use *roff diversions if you let a macro package that ships with groff do > it for you? > > You seem to be bumping into an anticipated issue, though. > >

Re: Avoid page break in tables without box option

2024-04-23 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Jan, At 2024-04-23T08:24:19+0200, Jan Eden wrote: > Sorry for failing to mention that I use the tbl preprocessor, I figured that. It takes exceptional courage and patience with tedium to lay out tables _without_ tbl. :P > which only has a `nokeep` option described as follows: > > "Don't

Re: Re: Avoid page break in tables without box option

2024-04-23 Thread Jan Eden
Hi Branden, On 2024-04-23 01:10, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Jan, > > At 2024-04-23T07:28:41+0200, Jan Eden wrote: > > enclosing a table in a box avoids page breaks within the table > > reliably for me – is it possible to get the same behaviour without the > > box? > > Yes. This is what

Re: Avoid page break in tables without box option

2024-04-23 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Jan, At 2024-04-23T07:28:41+0200, Jan Eden wrote: > enclosing a table in a box avoids page breaks within the table > reliably for me – is it possible to get the same behaviour without the > box? Yes. This is what "keep" macros are for, assuming the macro package you're using offers those

Avoid page break in tables without box option

2024-04-22 Thread Jan Eden
Hi, enclosing a table in a box avoids page breaks within the table reliably for me – is it possible to get the same behaviour without the box? - Jan signature.asc Description: PGP signature