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bugs in groff/gtbl version 1.06 (Part 1 of 3)

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From: lilb
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 06:55
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1)	in previous versions, gtbl accepted the -D option. Version
	1.06 does not.
2)	spacing of output lines produced by successive table
	input lines consisting of '_' and '=' is irregular.
3)	gtbl/groff combination doesn't properly handle interpolation
	of number registers.
4)	calculation of spanned heading widths appears to be
	incorrect.
5)	some input data is lost.
6)	vertical spacing before a table differs from standard
	troff/tbl.
7)	horizontal page offset differs from that produced by
	eroff.

Parts 2 and 3 of this bug report consist of PostScript output
from Eroff (Elan's version of DWB 2.0 troff) and from groff
version 1.06 (-a output was unsatisfactory for demonstrating the
bugs). Bugs 2 through 6 of the above list are clearly shown by
the output. Bug 7 was partially compensated by a -rO flag to
groff, which corrected the offset of the table data, but which
of course does not affect the header produced by a .tl command.

The following sample table was used as input:

'\"	%W%	%G%	%U%
.de TP
.sp 0.33i
..
.fp 1 H
.fp 2 HI
.fp 3 HB
.S 16 17
.ft R
.br
.tl ``NAB '93\(emEQUIPMENT LIST``
.S 11 14
.ft H
.na
.TS
box;
l2fR  s2 | l2w(1.53i-2n)fR | l2w(0.81i-2n)fR  | l2w(0.81i-2n)fR  s.
T{
PREPARED\ BY
.br
\s10\fHB.\ Lilly\fP\s0
T}	T{
REVISION\ LEVEL
.br
\s10\fH%L%\fP\s0
T}	T{
DATE
.br
\s10\fH%G%\fP\s0
T}	T{
MODULE/ENGINEERING
.br
\s10\fH\&24/7\-24\fP\s0
T}
_
.T&
lz2w(1.35i-2n)fR | lz2w(0.83i-2n)fR | lzfR  | lzfR  s | lzw(1.625i-2n)fR .
MODEL	QTY	DESCRIPTION	T{
POWER REQUIREMENT
T}	SOURCE
.nr Pc 0
_
.T&
lz | n | lz | n s | lz.
.nr Qt 1
.nr Pr 150
.nr Pc +(\n(Pr * \n(Qt )
AMS\-3	\n(Qt	T{
Amplifier
T}	\n(Pr W.	SONAM
_
.nr Qt 2
.nr Pr 0
.nr Pc +(\n(Pr * \n(Qt )
APM\-X5A	\n(Qt	T{
Speaker
T}	\n(Pr W.	SONAM
_
.nr Qt 1
.nr Pr 100
.nr Pc +(\n(Pr * \n(Qt )
BKM\-2085/20	\n(Qt	T{
serial 4:2:2 input for BVM\-191x
T}	\n(Pr W.	SONAM
_
.nr Qt 1
.nr Pr 400
.nr Pc +(\n(Pr * \n(Qt )
BVM\-1910	\n(Qt	T{
Color Monitor
T}	\n(Pr W.	SONAM
_
.nr Qt 1
.nr Pr 12
.nr Pc +(\n(Pr * \n(Qt )
BKS\-R1601	\n(Qt	T{
Control panel for routing switcher
T}	\n(Pr W.	SONAM
_
.nr Qt 1
.nr Pr 0
.nr Pc +(\n(Pr * \n(Qt )
RCC\-5G	\n(Qt	T{
RS\-422\-A cable
T}	\n(Pr W.	SONAM
=
.nr Qt 1
.nr Pr 100
.nr Pc +(\n(Pr * \n(Qt )
\R-	\n(Qt	T{
Color bar generator
T}	\n(Pr W.	Show stock
_
=
total	\R-	\R-	\n(Pc W.	\R-
.TE
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Subject: bugs in groff/gtbl version 1.06 (Part 1 of 3)
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