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Article #2450Re: Is there a tbl checker?
From: nils-peter.nelson
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 16:16
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 16:16
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The new checkdoc command in DWB 3.1 supersedes (yes, that's how it's spelled) eqncheck. It checks for proper usage of: mm macros, tbl, pic, eqn, grap. It is neither foolproof nor perfect, but it does a nice job of warning you about a variety of common errors, and in a much more polite way than the language processors do. Here's a sample snarfed off my screen: $ cat bad.mm .TL Title .MT 0 First line. .TS center, allbox c c c 1 2 3 .TE .SG $ checkdoc bad.mm checkdoc version 1.0 diagnostics: bad.mm: Line 3: Missing a .AU before the .MT macro Line 7: format lines must have same number of columns Line 8: format lines must have same number of columns Line 9: Missing table format data detected Line 10: Missing a .AU before the .SG macro 10 lines done === Best of all, checkdoc has no options!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsl!npn From: npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Is there a tbl checker? Summary: checkdoc does what you need, DWB 3.1 Keywords: tbl troff Message-ID: <1991Jan31.161639.15178@cbnewsl.att.com> Date: 31 Jan 91 16:16:39 GMT References: <1393@rust.zso.dec.com> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 32