Re: long nroff tables

[Dorai Sitaram]

 Set page length to a very long distance? Perhaps using the max integer 
possible in groff?

--d
     On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 11:36:35 AM EST, James K. Lowden 
<jklowden@schemamania.org> wrote:  
 
 How do I show "infinite" tables in nroff?  When the tbl output doesn't
fit on one "page", I get: 

$ nroff -t foo 
error: page 2: table will not fit on one page; use .TS H/.TH with a
supporting macro package

I don't understand how man/mdoc arrange for nroff to display one long
page (e.g., for "man bash").  I guess it's something the man system
does when groff is invoked.  

For my purpose, I'm displaying SQL output.  I don't particularly want
to use any macro package; just tbl is enough to get nicely word-wrapped
wide columns.  

--jk