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Subject: A hard to find problem with tbl
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Date: 13 Jul 90 21:00:49 GMT
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  I was bitten by this error once before and it took several days to
find it. This time it took about a half hour, so I'll remind you that it
exists.

  When using tbl, if a field is on several lines bracketed by T{, as:
        fld 1@T{
        fld 2 line 1
        fld 2 line 2
        T}@fld 3

  If there is a blank following the "T{" for any field tbl will do many
strange things, none of which help to identify the problem. This
includes setting the field widths wrong, blowing up with "line too long"
errors, etc.

  Hope this saves someone some time!


-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
            "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me