peterm@cadvaxoz.eecs.unsw.oz (Peter Maxwell) (08/01/86)
Here is an undocumented (at least in the documents I have) feature of tbl. In the format specification, if you use the letter "f" for font specification, tbl actually looks for TWO characters. Thus "fBI" really does give bold italics. However, it means the following example crashes, with mysterious messages about being unable to scan over such and such... center; lfB lfB. data But the following works... center; lfB lfB . note the extra space before the dot data What's more you can omit the "f" (as per doco)... center; lB lB. note no space needed before dot data And the following does give bold italics.... center; lfB lfBI. data
colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (08/07/86)
) Here is an undocumented (at least in the documents I have) feature of tbl.
) In the format specification, if you use the letter "f" for font
) specification, tbl actually looks for TWO characters. Thus "fBI" really
) does give bold italics. However, it means the following example crashes,
) with mysterious messages about being unable to scan over such and such...
)
) center;
) lfB lfB.
) data
From M. E. Lesk, "TBL - A Program to Format Tables", p. 4:
_Font changes_ - ... All font names are one or two letters; a one-letter
font name should be separated from whatever follows by a space or tab.
The single letters B, b, I, and i are shorter synonyms for fB and fI.
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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