Re: [Groff] Table cell vertical align

[Salve Håkedal]

10/9 -12, you wrote:
> 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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> E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <address@hidden>
> Date: 10-Sep-2012  Time: 23:58:39
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Thank you! I learned something new, but it won't really help in this
case, as I try to use groff as part of scripting my book keeping.
So I should not have to tidy it up every time I make a new record.

-- 
Salve