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Re: [Groff] nesting tbl?


From: Gaius Mulley
Subject: Re: [Groff] nesting tbl?
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 09:25:19 +0100

Daniel Senderowicz writes:

> I was thinking a bit further on nesting tables. I'm sure it would
> be a VERY good enhancement to the whole groff package. I think that
> it shouldn't be to complicated to program it and furthermore it
> wouldn't be in conflict with past versions of *roff. The treatment
> could be similar to that used in the T{...T} and it could be treating
> each level of tables in a similar way as one in C would call a
> routine within the same routine.

yes I think the same. And from what Ralph has shown it looks as if
it nearly handles it - effectively I think we need to push and pop
some tbl state when T{ and T} occur.

Tbl could also do with the addition of color directives.

Gaius

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