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1.1       root        1: This directory contains the 'tbl' table-formatting
                      2: program.  It is the standard reference
                      3: for the source code on both UNIX
                      4: and GCOS.
                      5: 
                      6: To compile tbl:
                      7:        make tbl
                      8: or (if you don't have make)
                      9:        cc t?.c -lS
                     10: 
                     11: To check:
                     12:   for all possible X
                     13:     tbl sampleX | troff -t >junk1
                     14:     a.out sampleX | troff -t >junk2
                     15:     cmp junk1 junk2
                     16:   if identical, the new version has all the features
                     17:   of the old program.  Most easily done by
                     18:   the 'compr' shell program or by
                     19: 
                     20:     sh scr >scrmess (nice nohup ...)
                     21: 
                     22: 
                     23: To install:
                     24:   cp a.out /usr/bin/tbl
                     25: 
                     26: 
                     27: Documentation in
                     28:   TM 76-1274-5,  by M. E. Lesk
                     29: and in
                     30:   /usr/doc/mel/tables

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