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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2011-01-05 09:31:10 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2011-01-05 09:31:10 +0000
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Tweak some language in tbl.7.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: tbl.7,v 1.1 2011/01/04 23:32:21 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: tbl.7,v 1.2 2011/01/05 09:31:10 kristaps Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\"
@@ -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 4 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 5 2011 $
.Dt TBL 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ and
.Sq TE
.Xr roff 7
macros.
-A table consists of an optional single line of table options terminated
-by a semicolon, followed by one or more lines of layout specification
-terminated by a period, then table data.
+A table consists of an optional single line of table
+.Sx Options
+terminated by a semicolon, followed by one or more lines of
+.Sx Layout
+specifications terminated by a period, then
+.Sx Data .
All input must be 7-bit ASCII.
Example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
@@ -128,11 +131,13 @@ c c c.
.Pp
in the case of
.Xr man 7 .
-.Ss Table Options
-The first line of a table consists of its options, which consists of
-space-separated keys and modifiers terminated by a semicolon.
+.Ss Options
+The first line of a table consists of space-separated option keys and
+modifiers terminated by a semicolon.
If the first line does not have a terminating semicolon, it is assumed
-that no options are specified and instead a layout is processed.
+that no options are specified and instead a
+.Sx Layout
+is processed.
Some options accept arguments enclosed by paranthesis.
The following case-insensitive options are available:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
@@ -181,10 +186,12 @@ This option is not supported by
This option is not supported by
.Xr mandoc 1 .
.El
-.Ss Table Layout
-The table layout follows table options, except in the case of
-.Sx \&T& ,
-where it immediately procedes invocation.
+.Ss Layout
+The table layout follows
+.Sx Options
+or a
+.Sq \&T&
+macro invocation.
Layout specifies how data rows are displayed on output.
Each layout line corresponds to a line of data; the last layout line
applies to all remaining data lines.
@@ -248,7 +255,7 @@ and
.Cm i .
All of these are ignored by
.Xr mandoc 1 .
-.Ss Table Data
+.Ss Data
The data section follows the last layout row.
By default, cells in a data section are delimited by a tab.
This behaviour may be changed with the