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Article #4588Re: mm macros, tbl and multiple page tables - who's zooming who?
From: Ken Keirnan
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 16:28
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 16:28
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In article <4886@ecsvax.UUCP> dfh@ecsvax.UUCP (David Hinnant) writes:
>I have several two column tables in a ditroff mm macro document that span
>multiple pages. The table takes the form:
>
[ table deleted ]
>
>Due to the table spanning several pages, I always get a keyword
>portion at the bottom of the page, and then the *first line* of the
[ more stuff deleted ]
David,
Are you using the mm ".TH" (table header) macro? This is a "must"
if you want table headings to work spanning pages. I won't try to duplicate
the section of the manual here, but check out the mm "technical discussion"
in the DWB documentation, section on Tables (using tbl).
Ken Keirnan
P.S.
This problem drove one of my co-workers nearly nuts trying to generate
multi-page tables. Fortunately, he found the appropriate manual section
on the brink and denied me the pleasure of: "Oh, did I forget to mention
the..."
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Ken Keirnan -- Pacific Bell -- {ihnp4,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!pbhyf!kjk
San Ramon, California kjk@pbhyf.PacBell.COM
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pacbell!pbhyf!kjk From: kjk@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Ken Keirnan) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: mm macros, tbl and multiple page tables - who's zooming who? Message-ID: <3103@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> Date: 7 Apr 88 16:28:11 GMT References: <4886@ecsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: kjk@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Ken Keirnan) Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 27 Keywords: ditroff mm tbl