Re: [Groff] Using real tables in groff_mdoc(7)

[Eric S. Raymond]

Ruslan Ermilov <address@hidden>:
> 2) In the PREDEFINED STRINGS section, there's now an undesired empty
> string before "greek pi":
> 
> : PREDEFINED STRINGS
> :      The following strings are predefined:
> : 
> :      String   Nroff      Troff      Meaning
> :      <=       <=         <=         less equal
> :      >=       >=         >=         greater equal
> :      Rq       ''         ''         right double quote
> :      Lq       ``         ``         left double quote
> :      ua       ^          ^          upwards arrow
> :      aa       '          '          acute accent
> :      ga       `          `          grave accent
> :      q        "          "          straight double quote
> : 
> :      Pi       pi         pi         greek pi
> :      Ne       !=         !=         not equal
> :      Le       <=         <=         less equal
> :      Ge       >=         >=         greater equal
> :      Lt       <          <          less than
> :      Gt       >          >          greater than
> :      Pm       +-         +-         plus minus
> :      If       infinity   infinity   infinity
> :      Am       &          &          ampersand
> :      Na       NaN        NaN        not a number
> :      Ba       |          |          vertical bar
> 
> Adding "nokeep" seems to cure the problem, but I'm not sure
> it's a valid fix (mainly for compatibility reasons).

I don't understand that fix.  Could this be a problem in TBL?
I'll look up "nokeep" and see if I can make any sense out of it.
 
> It'd be nice if you could take a closer look at these minor
> formatting issues.  :)

I'm probably not as sensitive to whitespace changes because I've
been previewing in an xterm, rather than (say) with xdvi.  I guess I'll
add that to my test regime in future.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>