dwg@bpdsun1.uucp (David W. Glessner) (10/25/89)
I'm having trouble getting tbl, [nt]roff, and -me to produce tables that cross page boundaries. I'm using the ".TS H" and ".TH" macros to define the header to be printed on the table continuation. We're running SunOS 3.5. The second table should cross from page 1 to page 2. About 9 pages of output are produced, including two "Cannot do ev." error messages. I used this command line: tbl junk.me | nroff -me | col | less. Troff also has the bug. Sun support staff basically said, "Ask the net." Followups have been directed to comp.text. David quintro!bpdsun1!dwg@lll-winken.llnl.gov uunet!tiamat!quintro!bpdsun1!dwg ---- file: junk.me ---- .he ''top %'' .fo ''bottom %'' .sh 1 "Test Header" Line .sp 35 with 35 lines in the middle. .TS H center box tab (/) ; c s ltw(1i) ltw(1i) . First Table .TH AAAAAA/Right BBBBBB/Right .TE .TS H center box tab (/) ; c s ltw(1i) ltw(1i) . Second Table .TH AAAAAA/Right BBBBBB/Right .TE --------
rauletta@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Richard J. Auletta) (10/27/89)
In article <1989Oct24.185825.21420@bpdsun1.uucp> you write: >I'm having trouble getting tbl, [nt]roff, and -me to produce >tables that cross page boundaries. >I'm using the ".TS H" and ".TH" macros to define the header >to be printed on the table continuation. > >We're running SunOS 3.5. > >The second table should cross from page 1 to page 2. About 9 pages >of output are produced, including two "Cannot do ev." error messages. This is a problem with the -me macros as far as I can tell as the exact same tbl with spanned headers works fine under -mm. I find that with -me if the tbl does not have vertical lines in it (no box, etc.) it will work. I posted this same question just several weeks ago. As I don't have the time to work it out, nor commented -me macros, I do my tables with mm, adjusting the page counts as required and inserting them into the final document. I would be very interested if you find a solution (some fixed macros) or if there is a new release of the me macros (We have 2.28 with local mods). --Rich Auletta rauletta@gmuvax2.gmu.edu