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Re: tbl(1) minor issues
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Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
Re: tbl(1) minor issues |
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Sun, 24 Jul 2022 11:19:19 +0100 |
Hi Dave,
> However, even Branden's more stringent requirement can be met by
> turning the parenthetical sentence into a subordinate clause:
>
> They can be specified in any lettercase (unlike in AT&T tbl, which
> accepted only options with all characters in the same lettercase) and
> must be separated by commas, spaces, or tabs.
>
> It's a couple words longer, but in my opinion more clearly structured,
> because the parenthetical appears immediately after the phrase it's
> modifying.
How about this middle paragraph, with the other two unaltered ones for
context.
The line immediately following the .TS token may specify region options:
keywords that influence the interpretation or rendering of the region as
a whole or all table entries within it indiscriminately.
Options are separated by spaces, tabs, or commas and their case does not
matter, though AT&T tbl requires each option to be a single case.
Some of these options require a parenthesized argument; those that do
permit spaces and tabs between the option’s name and the opening
parenthesis.
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Cheers, Ralph.
Re: tbl(1) minor issues, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages), 2022/07/24