On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 01:15:21AM -0500, James K. Lowden
wrote:
> What's the trick -- or is there none? -- to make mdoc
rows wrap within
> their column?
>
> I'm used to HTML tables, where browser does the work
or, worst case, the
> rows follow the column width specified at the start of
the table. But my
> first-ever mdoc man page is giving me fits.
>
> .Bl -column ".Sy Property " ".Sy
Range " ".Sy Default
> " ".Sy Meaning"
>
> .It Sy Property Ta Sy Range Ta Sy Default Ta Sy
Meaning
>
> .It Li tds version Ta 4.2, 5.0, 7.0, 8.0 Ta
--with-tdsver value (5.0 if
> unspecified) Ta TDS protocol version to use
>
> I would like "4.2, 5.0, 7.0, 8.0" to wrap
with the width indicated by ".Sy
> Range ". Instead it intrudes into
the third column, the 3rd
> into the fourth, and the fourth column wraps in a tiny
strand down the
> right edge of the page.
>
> Is this why so many man pages choose an expository
style over a tabular
> one?
>
> I've looked for mdoc discussions/examples on the www.
Pretty much all I
> find is copies of GROFF_MDOC(7).
the sysctl(7) man page has some examples of tables.
Pavel
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