[groff] 01/09: tbl(1): Advise users to avoid .EQ calls in tables.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit c4adedff50e3e6414e285dee02538868fa8c9e53
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Jun 12 02:56:52 2021 +1000

    tbl(1): Advise users to avoid .EQ calls in tables.
    
    Suggest alternative.  Prompted by Savannah #55754.
---
 src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
index 370f384..5f981cd 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
@@ -1025,6 +1025,20 @@ should always be called before
 .RI ( groff (@MAN1EXT@)
 automatically takes care of the correct order of preprocessors).
 .
+Don't call the
+.B EQ
+and
+.B EN
+macros within tables;
+instead,
+set up delimeters in your
+.I eqn \" generic
+input and use the
+.B delim()
+table option so that
+.I \%@g@tbl
+will recognize them.
+.
 .
 .\" ====================================================================
 .SS "GNU \f[I]tbl\f[] enhancements"