Re: [Groff] Table cell vertical align

[Ted Harding]

On 10-Sep-2012 18:45:11 Salve Håkedal wrote:
> I try to learn groff.  I want to have 'Text' printed at the bottom
> of its cell.  But can't find out how.
> 
> .TS
> tab(;) allbox;
> l r.
> T{
> Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon.
> At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway,
> with whom he had three children
> T};Text
> .TE
> 
> -- 
> Salve

There is not, as far as I know, a construct in 'tbl' which
will do this automatically. However, you can do it as part
of tidying up the final version, once you have seen what
happens in a draft version.

Say you observe that the block of text extends over 5 lines
in the table (as it did for me when I tried your code).

Then you want the word Text also on the fifth line, i.e.
4 lines lower than the top line. So you can insert a vertical
movement \v'4v' which moves "Text" down by 4 times the line
spacing:

.TS
tab(;) allbox;
l r.
T{
Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon.
At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway,
with whom he had three children
T};\v'4v'Text\v'-4v'
.TE

If you observed some different number of lines in the text block
(say 4), then use \v'3v'. And so on.

The \v'-4v' returns the vertical position to the original position
at line 1, so that if you have further columns they are not affected
by the vertical movement in column 2.

Hoping this helps,
Ted.



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