Re: [hdtbl] make the "hdtbl" package usable with other macro packages

Thank you!  This  is very helpful.

On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM Bjarni Ingi Gislason <[email protected]>
wrote:

>   The appendix contains a fixed version of "hdtbl.tmac" and "hdtbl.misc".
>
>   The option '-ww' can be used without being flooded with warnings.
>
>   People can make their own diff files to see the changes.
>
>   Was tested with the ms file "build/doc/ms.ms" (Debian
> /usr/share/doc/groff-base/ms.ms.gz) by adding
>
> .LP
> .mso hdtbl.tmac
> .hd*TBL .hd*TR .hd*TD "contents of the table cells" .hd*ETB
>
> in two places in the "ms.ms" file.
>
> (or dropping the line
> .mso hdtbl.tmac
> and adding the "-mhdtbl" on the command line)
>
> using
>
> [test-]groff -ms -t -p -e -Tpdf -M ~/tmp/hdtbl [-mhdtbl] -ww <input file>
> > <output>
>
>   where -M <hdtbl directory> shows where to find the new version of the
> "hdtbl.*" files.
>
>

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