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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" $Id$ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> -.\" Copyright (c) 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> +.\" Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -133,58 +133,60 @@ c c c. in the case of .Xr man 7 . .Ss Options -The first line of a table consists of space-separated option keys and -modifiers terminated by a semicolon. -For GNU compatibility, option keys can also be separated by commas. +The first line of a table may contain options separated by spaces, tabs, +or commas and terminated by a semicolon. If the first line does not have a terminating semicolon, it is assumed that no options are specified and instead a .Sx Layout is processed. -Some options accept arguments enclosed by parenthesis. +Some options require arguments enclosed by parentheses. The following case-insensitive options are available: .Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Cm center -This option is not supported by -.Xr mandoc 1 . -This may also be invoked with -.Cm centre . -.It Cm delim -Accepts a two-character argument. -This option is not supported by -.Xr mandoc 1 . -.It Cm expand -This option is not supported by -.Xr mandoc 1 . +.It Cm allbox +Draw a single-line box around each table cell. +Currently treated as a synonym for +.Cm box . .It Cm box Draw a single-line box around the table. -This may also be invoked with +For GNU compatibility, this may also be invoked with .Cm frame . +.It Cm center +Center the table instead of left-adjusting it. +Currently ignored. +For GNU compatibility, this may also be invoked with +.Cm centre . +.It Cm decimalpoint +Use the single-character argument as the decimal point with the +.Cm n +layout key. +This is a GNU extension. +.It Cm delim +Use the two characters of the argument as +.Xr eqn 7 +delimiters. +Currently unsupported. .It Cm doublebox Draw a double-line box around the table. -This may also be invoked with +For GNU compatibility, this may also be invoked with .Cm doubleframe . -.It Cm allbox -This option is not supported by -.Xr mandoc 1 . -.It Cm tab -Accepts a single-character argument. -This character is used as a delimiter between data cells, which otherwise -defaults to the tab character. +.It Cm expand +Increase the width of the table to the current line length. +Currently ignored. .It Cm linesize -Accepts a natural number (all digits). -This option is not supported by -.Xr mandoc 1 . +Draw lines with the point size given by the unsigned integer argument. +Currently ignored. .It Cm nokeep -This option is not supported by -.Xr mandoc 1 . -.It Cm decimalpoint -Accepts a single-character argument. -This character will be used as the decimal point with the -.Cm n -layout key. +Allow page breaks within the table. +This is a GNU extension and currently ignored. .It Cm nospaces -This option is not supported by -.Xr mandoc 1 . +Ignore leading and trailing spaces in data cells. +This is a GNU extension and currently ignored. +.It Cm nowarn +Suppress warnings about tables exceeding the current line length. +This is a GNU extension and currently ignored. +.It Cm tab +Use the single-character argument as a delimiter between data cells. +By default, the tab character is used. .El .Ss Layout The table layout follows |