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@@ -681,34 +681,61 @@ This option is not supported by This option is not supported by .Xr mandoc 1 . .It Cm \- +Replace the data cell (its contents will be lost) with a single +horizontal line. This may also be invoked with .Cm _ . .It Cm = +Replace the data cell (its contents will be lost) with a double +horizontal line. .It Cm \(ba Emit a vertical bar instead of data. .It Cm \(ba\(ba Emit a double-vertical bar instead of data. .El .Pp +For example, following layout specifies a centre-justified column of +minimum width 10, followed by vertical bar, followed by a left-justified +column of minimum width 10, another vertical bar, then a column +justified about the decimal point in numbers: +.Pp +.Dl c10 | l10 | n +.Pp Keys may be followed by a set of modifiers. A modifier is either a modifier key or a natural number for specifying spacing. The following case-insensitive modifier keys are available: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Cm z -.It Cm u -.It Cm e -.It Cm t -.It Cm d -.It Cm f -Must be followed by a case-insensitive font style: -.Cm b -for bold or -.Cm i -for italic. -.It Cm b -.It Cm i -.El +.Cm z , +.Cm u , +.Cm e , +.Cm t , +.Cm d , +.Cm f , +.Cm b , +.Cm i , +.Cm b , +and +.Cm i . +All of these are ignored by +.Xr mandoc 1 . +.Pp +The data section follows the last layout row. +By default, cells in a data section are delimited by a tab. +This behaviour may be changed with the +.Cm tab +option. +If +.Cm _ +or +.Cm = +is specified, a single or double line, respectively, is drawn across the +data field. +If +.Cm \e- +or +.Cm \e= +is specified, a line is drawn within the data field (i.e., terminating +within the cell and not draw to the border). .Sh COMPATIBILITY This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other .Nm @@ -740,12 +767,12 @@ using the next-line syntax. .Xr man 7 , .Xr mandoc_char 7 , .Xr mdoc 7 -.\" .Rs -.\" .%A M. E. Lesk -.\" .%T Tbl\(emA Program to Format Tables -.\" .%D June 11, 1976 -.\" .%U http://www.kohala.com/start/troff/v7/man/tbl/tbl.ps -.\" .Re +.Rs +.%A M. E. Lesk +.%T Tbl\(emA Program to Format Tables +.%D June 11, 1976 +.%U http://www.kohala.com/start/troff/v7/man/tbl/tbl.ps +.Re .Rs .%A Joseph F. Ossanna .%A Brian W. Kernighan |