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[groff] 26/26: tbl(1): Clarify use of text blocks.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 26/26: tbl(1): Clarify use of text blocks.
Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 05:07:56 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 519c94d0e36c6918fe1b1d0738a9039c698e5132
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun May 15 03:22:12 2022 -0500

    tbl(1): Clarify use of text blocks.
    
    Recast to avoid inference that a table entry can contain a text block as
    a proper subset; this is not possible.  The entry must comprise only the
    text block.
---
 src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
index 7808bd63..8ca45717 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
@@ -848,8 +848,7 @@ This is a GNU extension.
 .
 .TP
 .BR v ,\~ V
-Set the vertical spacing to be used in a table entry containing a text
-block.
+Set the vertical spacing to be used in a text block table entry.
 .
 (This parameter corresponds to that accepted by the
 .I troff \" generic
@@ -1155,14 +1154,15 @@ it can be placed within a
 .
 .P
 .I @g@tbl
-interprets a table entry of
+interprets a table entry beginning with
 .RB \[lq] T{ \[rq]
 at the end of an input line not as table data,
 but as a token starting a text block.
 .
 Similarly,
 .RB \[lq] T} \[rq]
-at the start of an input line ends a text block.
+at the start of an input line ends a text block;
+it must also end the table entry.
 .
 Text block tokens can share an input line with other table data
 (preceding



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