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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
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Subject: Re: Is there a tbl checker?
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Date: 30 Jan 91 21:31:13 GMT
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From article <1393@rust.zso.dec.com>, by mcbride@rust.zso.dec.com (Melinda McBride):
> I support a group of writers who use troff (ditroff).  It seems that
> about 90% of the problems I see are coding problems in tables.  I know
> that DWB has eqncheck, but does anybody know of a tbl check?  It would
> sure be handy.

Sure, it's called "tbl", and its helpful and informative error
message is "Line n: bad table specification character. tbl quits".

What more could anyone ask for? :-)
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Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu