Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpldola!hp-lsd!was From: was@hp-lsd.HP.COM (Bill Stubblebine) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: HELP! with boxed tables using MM, tbl Message-ID: <8210003@hp-lsd.HP.COM> Date: 13 Feb 89 18:21:01 GMT References: <946@mtuxj.att.com> Organization: HP Logic Systems Division - ColoSpgs, CO Lines: 189 hecht@hsi.UUCP (Alice Hecht) / 9:58 am Feb 10, 1989 / > So if you're trying to have a table run from one page to the next, > don't! There is definitely a bug in troff ... > Alice C'mon guys, read the manual. There's no bug. Here's a quote from our local tbl documentation: "Another important macro T# defines and produces the bottom lines and side lines of a boxed table when it is invoked at the end of a table or page. Including this macro in the page footer enables you to create multi-page tables with headers repeated on each successive page in the table by using the H argument with the .TS macro." The operative phrase is "when it is invoked at the end of a table or page", meaning the USER must invoke the macro at the end of each page to get the side lines on the current page and the header at the top of the next page. Usually including .T# in the page footer suffices. Tbl automatically invokes T# at the end of the table. Below I've attached a commented example of a multi-page boxed table. It's also a handy reference for troff's special characters. Just run it through the command tbl file | troff -mm Bill Stubblebine Hewlett-Packard Logic Systems Div. 8245 N. Union Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80918 was%hp-lsd@hplabs.hp.com (Internet) ...!hplabs!hp-lsd!was (UUCP) (719) 590-5568 --- CUT HERE -------------------- CUT HERE ---------------------- CUT HERE --- .\" This macro implements the tbl-supplied T# macro for multi-paged boxed) .\" tables. Note that unless you manipulate the T. register as shown, T# .\" only prints the table's bottom line on the table's last page. .\" Sometimes you may want this appearance to indicate that the table is .\" incomplete. I think it's ugly, so T# is coerced to always print the .\" bottom line using the T. register boolean. .\" Also note that for safety's sake, it's good practice to remove the page .\" trap after the end of the table. .\" .de BT \" begin BT (PAGE BOTTOM MACRO FOR MULTI-PAGE BOXED TABLES) .ch BT \" -- Prevents T#'s vertical motion from triggering BT .nr T. 1 \" -- Tells T# to draw a bottom horiz line (none if T. = 0) .T# 1 \" -- Draw the table's vertical lines and bottom line .nr T. 0 \" -- Restore T. to avoid side effects .SK \" -- Skip to new page .wh -1.0i BT \" -- Reset the trap at the bottom of the new page .. \" END (of BT) .\" .wh -1.0i BT \" Set the initial trap at the bottom of the current page .TS H center, allbox; cB s s s c c c c l l c l. 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