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Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width
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Mike Bianchi |
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Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width |
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Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:23:57 -0400 |
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On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 04:05:12PM +0400, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> I am trying to adopt tbl for typesetting tables and
> have found one problem that I don't know from which
> side to approach. It is connected with table width.
>
> How to make my tables' width dependent on the line
> length setting? For example, should I want to type-
> set my document with another line width, I'd prefer
> to change only one setting instead of modifying the
> format strings of all the tables.
>
> The problem is that tbl is a pre-processor and no
> register interpolations are made by tbl.
>
> In the simplest scenario it can be assumed that only
> the last column of my tables must be 'stretchable'.
> Is it possible to have its width automatically
> adjusted so that the table would take maximum possi-
> ble width (taking into account the current indent)?
Anton,
Are you using the expand global option? See tbl(1).
That makes the table as wide as the line.
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- [Groff] tbl: contolling table width, Anton Shepelev, 2010/07/07
- Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width,
Mike Bianchi <=
- Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width, Anton Shepelev, 2010/07/07
- Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width, Werner LEMBERG, 2010/07/07
- Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width, Ted Harding, 2010/07/07
- Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width, Werner LEMBERG, 2010/07/07
- Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width, Ted Harding, 2010/07/07
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- [Groff] tbl: contolling table width, Anton Shepelev, 2010/07/07
- RE: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width, Ted Harding, 2010/07/08
- Re: [Groff] tbl: contolling table width, Anton Shepelev, 2010/07/09