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From: rauletta@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Richard J. Auletta)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Multi-page tables with tbl, -me, [nt]roff
Message-ID: <520@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
Date: 27 Oct 89 16:18:39 GMT
References: <1989Oct24.185825.21420@bpdsun1.uucp>
Reply-To: rauletta@gmuvax2.UUCP (Richard J. Auletta)
Organization: George Mason Univ. Fairfax, Va.
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In article <1989Oct24.185825.21420@bpdsun1.uucp> you write:
>I'm having trouble getting tbl, [nt]roff, and -me to produce
>tables that cross page boundaries.
>I'm using the ".TS H" and ".TH" macros to define the header
>to be printed on the table continuation.
>
>We're running SunOS 3.5.
>
>The second table should cross from page 1 to page 2.  About 9 pages
>of output are produced, including two "Cannot do ev." error messages.

  This is a problem with the -me macros as far as I can tell as the
exact same tbl with spanned headers works fine under -mm. I find
that with -me if the tbl does not have vertical lines in it (no box, etc.)
it will work. I posted this same question just several weeks ago.
As I don't have the time to work it out, nor commented -me macros,
I do my tables with mm, adjusting the page counts as required and
inserting them into the final document. 

I would be very interested if you find a solution (some fixed macros)
or if there is a new release of the me macros (We have 2.28 with
local mods).

--Rich Auletta
  rauletta@gmuvax2.gmu.edu