1.Dd December 13, 2014 2.Dt BL-COLUMN 1 3.Os OpenBSD 4.Sh NAME 5.Nm Bl-column 6.Nd lists with multiple columns 7.Sh DESCRIPTION 8.Bl -column "a" 9.It a 10.El 11.Bl -column "a" "b" 12.It a Ta b 13.El 14.\" avoid "c" which means "cm" 15.Bl -column "a" "b" "cc" 16.It a Ta b Ta cc 17.It a b cc 18.It "a" b cc 19.It "a b" cc 20.It "a b cc" 21.El 22.Bl -column "a" "b" "cc" "d" 23.It a Ta b Ta cc Ta d 24.El 25.Bl -column "a" "b" "cc" "d" "e" 26.It a Ta b Ta cc Ta d Ta e 27.El 28.\" Probing up to the utter limits of groff. 29.\" With more than 5 columns or more than 78 characters per line, 30.\" groff .Bl -column turns completely mad. 31.\" mandoc can do more, but it's no use testing that. 32.Bd -literal 335 + 35 + 4 + 34 = 78: 34.Ed 35.Bl -column "x35xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" "x34xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 36.It x35xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x34xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 37.It a Ta b 38.El 39.Bd -literal 405 + (22+4)*2 + 21 = 78: 41.Ed 42.Bl -column "x22xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" "x22xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" "x21xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 43.It x22xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x22xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x21xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 44.It a Ta b Ta c 45.El 46.Bd -literal 475 + 16 + (4+15)*3 = 78: 48.Ed 49.Bl -column "x16xxxxxxxxxxxxx" "x15xxxxxxxxxxxx" "x15xxxxxxxxxxxx" "x15xxxxxxxxxxxx" 50.It x16xxxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x15xxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x15xxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x15xxxxxxxxxxxx 51.It a Ta b Ta c Ta d 52.El 53.Bd -literal 545 + 13 + (3+12)*4 = 78: 55.Ed 56.Bl -column "x13xxxxxxxxxx" "x12xxxxxxxxx" "x12xxxxxxxxx" "x12xxxxxxxxx" "x12xxxxxxxxx" 57.It x13xxxxxxxxxx Ta x12xxxxxxxxx Ta x12xxxxxxxxx Ta x12xxxxxxxxx Ta x12xxxxxxxxx 58.It a Ta b Ta c Ta d Ta e 59.El 60.\" Trailing white space in phrases. 61.Bl -column "aaaa" "bbbb" 62.It "a" Ta "b" 63.It "a " Ta "b" 64.It "a " Ta "b" 65.It a b 66.It a b 67.It a b 68.El 69.\" Wrong number of columns. 70.Bl -column "a" "b" 71.It "a" 72.It "a" Ta "b" 73.It "a" Ta "b" Ta "c" 74.It "a" Ta "b" Ta "c" Ta "d" 75.It "a" Ta "b" Ta "c" Ta "d" Ta "e" 76.El 77.\" Interrupted column list 78.Bl -column "aa" -width 6n -compact "bb" "cc" 79.It aa Ta bb Ta cc Ta dd 80.El 81