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On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Chuck Robey wrote:

> They're in linuxdoc, they're just undocumented.  I know how to do them in 
> troff and LaTeX, and our man pages have them.  Our handbook is full of 
> them, Jordan, but they're all done but suspending the formatting, because 
> no one can figure out how to do it right.  That's not the only example.

No, the primary reason they are not done is that lynx does not
handle them and browsing the handbook with more is rather less
than ideal.  Also, tables don't come out in the in the HTML
anyway, although when I get a spare moment, I'll change that.
The moment linux supports tables, we can launch an all out
assault on the stuff in the handbook that needs it (and there is
plenty!).

So, without further delay, behold a table!

<table>
<tabular ca="ccc">
Column 1<colsep>Column 2<colsep>Column 3<rowsep>
Column 1<colsep>Column 2<colsep>Column 3<rowsep>
</tabular>
<caption>This is the caption</caption>
</table>

This works for ascii and LaTeX output.  The ca attribute is what
you specify for your column formats in LaTeX, which is apparently
pretty similar to what us use for in the troff world since the
results are the same.

-john

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