@@ -792,10 +792,10 @@ Inline and regular footnotes may be mixed freely.
792792Tables
793793------
794794
795−Two kinds of tables may be used. Both kinds presuppose the use of
795+Three kinds of tables may be used. All three kinds presuppose the use of
796796a fixed-width font, such as Courier.
797797
798−Simple tables look like this:
798+**Simple tables** look like this:
799799
800800 Right Left Center Default
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@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ When headers are omitted, column alignments are determined on the basis
840840of the first line of the table body. So, in the tables above, the columns
841841would be right, left, center, and right aligned, respectively.
842842
843−Multiline tables allow headers and table rows to span multiple lines
843+**Multiline tables** allow headers and table rows to span multiple lines
844844of text. Here is an example:
845845
846846 -------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -887,6 +887,28 @@ It is possible for a multiline table to have just one row, but the row
887887should be followed by a blank line (and then the row of dashes that ends
888888the table), or the table may be interpreted as a simple table.
889889
890+**Grid tables** look like this:
891+
892+ : Sample grid table.
893+
894+ +---------------+---------------+--------------------+
895+ | Fruit | Price | Advantages |
896+ +===============+===============+====================+
897+ | Bananas | $1.34 | - built-in wrapper |
898+ | | | - bright color |
899+ +---------------+---------------+--------------------+
900+ | Oranges | $2.10 | - cures scurvy |
901+ | | | - tasty |
902+ +---------------+---------------+--------------------+
903+
904+The row of `=`s separates the header from the table body, and can be
905+omitted for a headerless table. The cells of grid tables may contain
906+arbitrary block elements (multiple paragraphs, code blocks, lists,
907+etc.). Alignments are not supported, nor are multi-column or multi-row
908+cells. Grid tables can be created easily using [Emacs table mode].
909+
910+ [Emacs table mode]: http://table.sourceforge.net/
911+
890912Delimited Code blocks
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