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diff --git a/doc/user/tbl_rule b/doc/user/tbl_rule
index 383ffab..25858df 100644
--- a/doc/user/tbl_rule
+++ b/doc/user/tbl_rule
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
@PP
There is a @Code "rule" option for drawing a rule around a cell:
@ID @OneRow @Code "@Cell rule { yes }"
-The other possible values are {@Code no} (the default),
-{@Code single} (the same as {@Code yes}), and {@Code double}, which
-draws a double rule.
+Other values are {@Code no} (the default),
+{@Code single} (the same as {@Code yes}), and {@Code double} (for a
+double rule).
@PP
There are @Code "rulehorizontal" and @Code "rulevertical" options which
draw only horizontal or vertical rules, and also {@Code "ruleabove"},
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ above, below, left, and right rules:
B { rulerightgap }
C { rulerightcolour }
}
-As usual, all these options have abbreviated names; and @Code { colour }
+All these options have alternative, abbreviated names; and @Code { colour }
may be spelt @Code { color } wherever it appears. Section
{@NumberOf tbl_summ} has a complete summary of all spellings of all
options.
@@ -91,19 +91,22 @@ options.
To clarify exactly where the rules are drawn, let's start with
a cell with no rules at all:
@CD @Tbl
- aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.5c } paint { lightgrey } A }
+ mv { 0i }
+ aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.2c } paint { lightgrey } A }
{
@Rowa
}
Above rules and left rules are drawn within the cell boundary, just
touching it, with any above rule overstriking any left rule:
@CD { @Tbl
- aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.5c } paint { lightgrey } A }
+ mv { 0i }
+ aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.2c } paint { lightgrey } A }
{
@Rowa
}
@Background @Tbl
- aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.5c } A }
+ mv { 0i }
+ aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.2c } A }
ruleleft { yes }
ruleabove { yes }
rulehorizontalwidth { 0.8v }
@@ -116,18 +119,20 @@ touching it, with any above rule overstriking any left rule:
}
Below and right rules are drawn just outside the boundary of the
cell, also touching it:
-@CD @Tbl aformat { @Cell A | @Cell | @Cell B }
+@CD @Tbl mv { 0i } aformat { @Cell A | @Cell | @Cell B }
{
@Rowa
A {
@Tbl
- aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.5c } paint { lightgrey } A }
+ mv { 0i }
+ aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.2c } paint { lightgrey } A }
{
@Rowa
}
@Background
@Tbl
- aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.5c } A }
+ mv { 0i }
+ aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.2c } A }
rulebelow { yes }
rulehorizontalwidth { 0.8v }
ruleverticalwidth { 0.5v }
@@ -139,13 +144,15 @@ cell, also touching it:
}
B {
@Tbl
- aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.5c } paint { lightgrey } A }
+ mv { 0i }
+ aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.2c } paint { lightgrey } A }
{
@Rowa
}
@Background
@Tbl
- aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.5c } A }
+ mv { 0i }
+ aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.2c } A }
ruleright { yes }
rulehorizontalwidth { 0.8v }
ruleverticalwidth { 0.5v }
@@ -161,13 +168,15 @@ When a right rule is present, any above and below rules are extended
by the width of the right rule, and they overstrike it:
@CD {
@Tbl
- aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.5c } paint { lightgrey } A }
+ mv { 0i }
+ aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.2c } paint { lightgrey } A }
{
@Rowa
}
@Background
@Tbl
- aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.5c } A }
+ mv { 0i }
+ aformat { @Cell width { 3c } height { 1.2c } A }
ruleabove { yes }
ruleright { yes }
rulebelow { yes }
@@ -186,7 +195,7 @@ rules of width @Code 0.8v drawn in black, and vertical rules of width
rules produce clean corners, and also that a right rule and a neighbouring
left rule exactly overstrike each other, as do a below rule and its
neighbouring above rule.
-@PP
-For information about rules in plain text tables, consult Section
-{@NumberOf tbl_plai}.
+# @PP
+# For information about rules in plain text tables, consult Section
+# {@NumberOf tbl_plai}.
@End @Section