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2−.TH PANDOC 1 "April 26, 2018" "pandoc 2.2"
2+.TH PANDOC 1 "May 10, 2018" "pandoc 2.2"
33.SH NAME
44pandoc - general markup converter
55.SH SYNOPSIS
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36203620The cells of pipe tables cannot contain block elements like paragraphs
36213621and lists, and cannot span multiple lines.
36223622If a pipe table contains a row whose printable content is wider than the
3623−column width (see \f[C]\-\-columns\f[]), then the cell contents will
3624−wrap, with the relative cell widths determined by the widths of the
3625−separator lines.
3626−(In this case, the table will take up the full text width.) If no lines
3627−are wider than column width, then cell contents will not be wrapped, and
3628−the cells will be sized to their contents.
3623+column width (see \f[C]\-\-columns\f[]), then the table will take up the
3624+full text width and the cell contents will wrap, with the relative cell
3625+widths determined by the number of dashes in the line separating the
3626+table header from the table body.
3627+(For example \f[C]\-\-\-|\-\f[] would make the first column 3/4 and the
3628+second column 1/4 of the full text width.) On the other hand, if no
3629+lines are wider than column width, then cell contents will not be
3630+wrapped, and the cells will be sized to their contents.
36293631.PP
36303632Note: pandoc also recognizes pipe tables of the following form, as can
36313633be produced by Emacs\[aq] orgtbl\-mode: