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From: dfh@ecsvax.UUCP (David Hinnant)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: mm macros, tbl and multiple page tables - who's zooming who?
Message-ID: <4886@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: 7 Apr 88 01:28:18 GMT
Organization: h-three Systems Corp.
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Keywords: ditroff mm tbl

I have several two column tables in a ditroff mm macro document that span 
multiple pages.  The table takes the form:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
|                        Table Title Goes Here                      |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
|     Keyword          |         Definition                         |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| a word or so here    | many words here describing the word or so  |
|                      | at the left.                               |
|                      |                                            |
| another keyword      | another keyword definition  etc. etc.      |
|                      |                                            |

Due to the table spanning several pages, I always get a keyword
portion at the bottom of the page, and then the *first line* of the
corresponding definition OVERPRINTING on the table heading (i.e. the
"Keyword   |    Definition" line) of the table on the next page.  The
table spans several (3) pages.  The problem occurs on all pages, when
tbl, ditroff, mm or whomever decides to start a new Keyword/Definition
at the bottom of a page.

First, who's zooming me? Tbl?  Ditroff? The MM macros?   I'm using
DWB 2.0, AT&T Ditroff (Profficient, actually) and /dev/ps.

Second, has anyone seen this before?  Third, other than hand-breaking
the table at page boundaries, what are my options?  Gee, I feel like 
Dallas asking Mother how to survive against the Alien...

As always, thanks in advance.


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David Hinnant		UUCP: ...mcnc!ecsvax!dfh
h-three Systems Corp.	(919) 549-8334