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Re: lynx-dev table formatting (possible) solution


From: dickey
Subject: Re: lynx-dev table formatting (possible) solution
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:28:11 -0400 (EDT)

>  Sorry, I don't have time to do this (at least till middle of july). But 
> w3m announced recently by Hiroyuki Senshu seems interesting. There is another 
> possible gross hack to achive relatively good table rendering - collect 
> table data while displaying them in one pass, then generate 'tbl' source, 
> pass 
> the source through 'tbl', then through 'groff' and invoke 'less' (don't shure 
>  
> whether this will work with merged cells). They will automatically extend  
> table width if it doesn't fit in screen. The major disadvantage - absense of 
> link in generated table. 

portability again -

groff is not available on all platforms (for example, there is no stable
version of gcc that runs on IRIX64; groff is written in C++ though
admittedly it is not as infested with GNU-isms as some other programs). 
SGI does not bundle troff with IRIX.
  
> >[...] 
>  
>  Best regards, 
>   -Vlad 


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