Re: [Groff] Line fragments with .TS and .PSPIC

[Werner LEMBERG]

Frank,


I take the liberty to CC the groff list.

> Thanks for your solution to the problem.  As I played with it, I
> realized that the key was changing the environment.  Without using
> any macro package, I found that the following also works if placed
> at the beginning of the text file:
> 
> .de TS
> 'sp
> .ev here-table
> ..
> .de TE
> .ev
> 'sp
> ..

Yes, indeed, but I suggest that you don't omit the call to `.evc' to
make the new environment identical to the previous one.

Below is a simpler solution which happens to be even more generic (and
which no longer needs tbl's `nokeep' keyword).  It is also more
careful which environment to copy.


    Werner


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.\" This call to .LP initializes .TS and .TE so that we can overwrite
.\" them safely.
.LP
.
.rn TS address@hidden
.rn TE address@hidden
.
.de TS
.  nr here-table-ev \\n[.ev]
.  ev here-table
.  evc \\n[here-table-ev]
.  address@hidden
..
.
.de TE
.  address@hidden
.  ev
..
.
.
This is the text that goes before the table.
This is some more text that goes before the table.
I suppose I could have used a larger point size to
make it easier but I didn't think of that until now.
.
.TS
l l
l l.
entry1  entry2
entry3  entry4
entry5  entry6
.TE
.
This text follows the table.
Here is some more text to follow the table.