Clarify some behaviour, bringing schwarze@'s patch and mine closer together

[mandoc.git] / tbl.7

diff --git a/tbl.7 b/tbl.7
index 1bb8647e1b8702443db738c15b0ab732c5d89ab1..ea3d2ba3a8b60d3b824ddf5d92ca63222424547d 100644 (file)
--- a/tbl.7
+++ b/tbl.7
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"    $Id: tbl.7,v 1.10 2011/01/11 14:15:56 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: tbl.7,v 1.16 2011/09/03 00:29:21 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 11 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2011 $
 .Dt TBL 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ macro tags, whose precise syntax is documented in
 Tables consist of a series of options on a single line, followed by the
 table layout, followed by data.
 .Pp
-For example, the following creates a boxed table with digits centered in
+For example, the following creates a boxed table with digits centred in
 the cells.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 \&.TS
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ c5 c5 c5.
 4:5:6
 .TE
 .Ed
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+implementation in
+.Xr mandoc 1
+is
+.Ud
 .Sh TABLE STRUCTURE
 Tables are enclosed by the
 .Sq TS
@@ -180,8 +187,6 @@ Accepts a single-character argument.
 This character will be used as the decimal point with the
 .Cm n
 layout key.
-This option is not supported by
-.Xr mandoc 1 .
 .It Cm nospaces
 This option is not supported by
 .Xr mandoc 1 .
@@ -209,8 +214,8 @@ Justify a number around its last decimal point.
 If the decimal point is not found on the number, it's assumed to trail
 the number.
 .It Cm s
-Horizontally span columns from the last non-
-.Ns Cm s
+Horizontally span columns from the last
+.No non- Ns Cm s
 data cell.
 It is an error if spanning columns follow a
 .Cm \-
@@ -222,8 +227,8 @@ This option is not supported by
 .It Cm a
 Left-justify a literal string and pad with one space.
 .It Cm ^
-Vertically span rows from the last non-
-.Ns Cm ^
+Vertically span rows from the last
+.No non- Ns Cm ^
 data cell.
 It is an error to invoke a vertical span on the first layout row.
 Unlike a horizontal spanner, you must specify an empty cell (if it not
@@ -251,12 +256,21 @@ The following case-insensitive modifier keys are available:
 .Cm e ,
 .Cm t ,
 .Cm d ,
-.Cm f ,
 .Cm b ,
 .Cm i ,
-.Cm b ,
+.Cm r ,
 and
-.Cm i .
+.Cm f
+.Po
+followed by
+.Cm b ,
+.Cm i ,
+.Cm r ,
+.Cm 3 ,
+.Cm 2 ,
+or
+.Cm 1
+.Pc .
 All of these are ignored by
 .Xr mandoc 1 .
 .Pp
@@ -327,7 +341,8 @@ This formed the basis of the implementation that is part of the
 .Xr mandoc 1
 utility.
 .Sh AUTHORS
-This partial
+This
 .Nm
 reference was written by
-.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv .
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons ,
+.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .