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TBL(1)                 BSD Reference Manual                TBL(1)


NNAAMMEE
       tbl - format tables for troff

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       ttbbll [ --CCvv ] [ _f_i_l_e_s...  ]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       This  manual  page describes the GNU version of ttbbll, which
       is part of the groff document formatting system.  ttbbll com-
       piles  descriptions  of tables embedded within ttrrooffff input
       files into commands that are understood  by  ttrrooffff.   Nor-
       mally,  it should be invoked using the --tt option of ggrrooffff..
       It is highly compatible with Unix ttbbll.  The output  gener-
       ated  by  GNU  ttbbll cannot be processed with Unix ttrrooffff; it
       must be processed with GNU ttrrooffff.  If no files  are  given
       on  the  command line, the standard input will be read.  A
       filename of -- will cause the standard input to be read.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       --CC     Recognize ..TTSS and ..TTEE even when followed by a char-
              acter other than space or newline.

       --vv     Print the version number.

UUSSAAGGEE
       Only  the  differences  between  GNU  ttbbll and Unix ttbbll are
       described here.

       Normally ttbbll attempts to prevent undesirable breaks in the
       table  by  using  diversions.  This can sometimes interact
       badly with macro packages' own  use  of  diversions,  when
       footnotes, for example, are used.  The nnookkeeeepp option tells
       ttbbll not to try and prevent breaks in this way.

       The ddeecciimmaallppooiinntt option specifies the character to be rec-
       ognized  as  the  decimal  point character in place of the
       default period.  It  takes  an  argument  in  parentheses,
       which must be a single character, as for the ttaabb option.

       The  ff  format  modifier  can  be followed by an arbitrary
       length font name in parentheses.

       There is a dd format modifier which means that a vertically
       spanning  entry  should  be  aligned  at the bottom of its
       range.

       There is no limit on the number of columns in a table, nor
       any  limit on the number of text blocks.  All the lines of
       a table are considered in deciding column widths, not just
       the  first  200.   Table  continuation (..TT&&) lines are not
       restricted to the first 200 lines.



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TBL(1)                 BSD Reference Manual                TBL(1)


       Numeric and alphabetic items may appear in the  same  col-
       umn.

       Numeric and alphabetic items may span horizontally.

       ttbbll  uses  register,  string,  macro  and  diversion names
       beginning with 33.  When using ttbbll you should  avoid  using
       any names beginning with a 33.

BBUUGGSS
       You  should use ..TTSS HH/..TTHH in conjunction with a supporting
       macro package for _a_l_l multi-page boxed tables.   If  there
       is  no  header  that you wish to appear at the top of each
       page of the table, place the ..TTHH  line  immediately  after
       the  format  section.   Do  not enclose a multi-page table
       within keep/release macros, or divert it in any other way.

       A  text  block  within  a table must be able to fit on one
       page.

       The bbpp request cannot be used to force a page-break  in  a
       multi-page table.  Instead, define BBPP as follows

              ..ddee BBPP
              ..iiee ''\\\\nn((..zz'''' ..bbpp \\\\$$11
              ..eell \\!!..BBPP \\\\$$11
              ....

       and use BBPP instead of bbpp.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       ggrrooffff(1), ttrrooffff(1)






















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