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author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-03-28 07:39:25 -0500 |
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committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-04-01 10:33:39 -0500 |
commit | 4a15987633ca8d4041107c973f918f0b61247394 (patch) | |
tree | be22e8372bdb882d16c4c309e4bdfbec4d41abd0 /src/preproc | |
parent | 2b10e06aa6f873cbeb0cc1675e77af2598141988 (diff) | |
download | groff-git-4a15987633ca8d4041107c973f918f0b61247394.tar.gz |
tbl(1): Clarify 'w' and 'z' modifier behavior.
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-rw-r--r-- | src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man index 15a3c7638..c0d7f5220 100644 --- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man +++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man @@ -1041,14 +1041,14 @@ or populated with additional inter-sentence space. measures each table entry as it occurs in the input, updating the width required by its corresponding column. . -The -.B x -modifier makes this width a minimum, -and the modifiers -.B w -or +If the .B z -override it entirely. +modifier applies to the column, +this measurement is ignored; +if +.B w +applies and its argument is larger than this width, +that argument is used instead. . In contrast to conventional .I roff |