From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jun 4 19:48:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA11562 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 19:48:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from distortion.eng.umd.edu (distortion.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA11527 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 19:48:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ginger.eng.umd.edu (ginger.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.204]) by distortion.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA13980; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 22:47:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chuckr@localhost) by ginger.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA32443; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 22:47:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 22:47:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@ginger.eng.umd.edu To: John Fieber cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Sean Kelly , grog@lemis.de, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I write this SGML stuff? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, John Fieber wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > They're in linuxdoc, they're just undocumented. I know how to do them in > > troff and LaTeX, and our man pages have them. Our handbook is full of > > them, Jordan, but they're all done but suspending the formatting, because > > no one can figure out how to do it right. That's not the only example. > > No, the primary reason they are not done is that lynx does not > handle them and browsing the handbook with more is rather less > than ideal. Also, tables don't come out in the in the HTML > anyway, although when I get a spare moment, I'll change that. > The moment linux supports tables, we can launch an all out > assault on the stuff in the handbook that needs it (and there is > plenty!). > > So, without further delay, behold a table! > > > > Column 1Column 2Column 3 > Column 1Column 2Column 3 > > >
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OK. if "ccc" means what I think it does, column 1 centered, column 2 centered, and column 3 centered, this is great. There should be others, like l, r (obvious), s (continue column), and n(decimal). Let me look at the linuxdoc stuff, see how this works (or doesn't). If it's broke in troff mode, I'll fix it. If I fix this, will you document it? > > This works for ascii and LaTeX output. The ca attribute is what > you specify for your column formats in LaTeX, which is apparently > pretty similar to what us use for in the troff world since the > results are the same. > > -john > > == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== > == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================ > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------