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diff --git a/doc/doc/user/tbl_plai b/doc/doc/user/tbl_plai deleted file mode 100644 index 12ac289..0000000 --- a/doc/doc/user/tbl_plai +++ /dev/null @@ -1,94 +0,0 @@ -@Section - @Title { Plain text tables } - @Tag { tbl_plai } -@Begin -@PP -@Code "@Tbl" changes the default values of several options when -printing plain text (Section {@NumberOf plain}): -@ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim { -@Tbl - marginvertical { 2f } - marginhorizontal { 2s } - rulehorizontalwidth { 1f } - ruleverticalwidth { 1s } - rulehorizontalgap { 0f } - ruleverticalgap { 0s } -} -When using plain text it is best to make vertical distances whole -multiples of {@Code "1f"}, and horizontal distances whole multiples of -{@Code "1s"}, since this avoids fractional spacing which cannot be -successful in plain text files and produces quite messy results. -If this is done, the results can be good: -tables. @RawIndex { tables } -tables.plaintext @SubIndex { plain text output } -plain.text.tables @Index { plain text tables } -@CD @OneRow 0.9 @Scale 1.0fx @Break @F @Verbatim { -................................................... -. . . -. Johnson . Johnson suddenly uttered, in . -. suddenly . a strong determined tone, an . -. uttered, . apophegm, at which many will . -. in a strong . start: `Patriotism is the . -. determined . last refuge of a scoundrel.' . -. tone, an . . -. apophegm, at . . -. which many .................................. -. will start: . . . -. `Patriotism . Johnson . Johnson . -. is the last . suddenly . suddenly . -. refuge of a . uttered, . uttered, . -. scoundrel.' . in a strong . in a strong . -. . determined . determined . -. . tone, an . tone, an . -. . apophegm, at . apophegm, at . -. . which many . which many . -. . will start: . will start: . -. . `Patriotism . `Patriotism . -. . is the last . is the last . -. . refuge of a . refuge of a . -. . scoundrel.' . scoundrel.' . -. . . . -. . . . -.................................. . -. . . -. Johnson suddenly uttered, in . . -. a strong determined tone, an . . -. apophegm, at which many will . . -. start: `Patriotism is the . . -. last refuge of a scoundrel.' . . -. . . -. . . -................................................... -} -This table was produced by a separate run of Lout and pasted into this -document. -@PP -A @Code ruleplainchar option for changing the character used to -tables. @RawIndex { tables } -tables.ruleplainchar @SubIndex { @Code "ruleplainchar" option } -ruleplainchar.tables @Index { @Code "ruleplainchar" option (tables) } -draw rules. For example, -@ID @Code @Verbatim { -@Tbl - ruleplainchar { - } -} -would be good if you draw only horizontal rules. This option can be -set anywhere as usual. -@PP -If you use rules it is worth pondering the implications of the last -part of Section {@NumberOf tbl_rule}. Right and below rules are -drawn outside the boundary of the cell, which is unimportant in -ordinary output, but means that they will appear one space to the -right and one line below the cell in plain text output. This explains -the slight asymmetry in the example above; you can correct it with -@ID @Code @Verbatim { -@Tbl - marginright { 1s } - marginbelow { 1f } -} -but rules at the extreme right of the page will still go off the edge, -and rules below the last line will bump into whatever follows the table. -The first can be fixed by not using full width tables with right rules; -the second by inserting an extra @Code "@DP" after a table that ends -with a below rule. -@End @Section |