Re: DOCBOOK: Problem with tables when attempting to create dvi

[Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>]

Michael Burschik <burschik@id-pro.de> writes:

> I encounter the following problem when trying to create a dvi-file: The
> first cell in the first row is always empty, and tex complains about a
> misplaced \omit:
> 
> This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3)
> (/usr/tmp/@2199.1
> JadeTeX 1998/10/12: 2.3
> (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/t1ptm.fd)
> (/usr/share/texmf/tex/jadetex/isoents.tex)
> Elements will be labelled
> 
> (@2199.aux) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd)
> (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/ot2cyr/ot2wncyr.fd)
> ! Misplaced \omit.
> \multispan ->\omit 
>                    \@multispan 
> l.99 }
>       %

I can confirm this bug.  Around line 99 I see in the JadeTeX input:

{2}}\Par%
{\def\fFamName{Arial}\def\fWeight%
{bold}\def\Quadding%
{center}}Horizontal Span\endPar{}\endTableCell{}%
}%
&\TableCell%

> I assume this is not an error of mine, as it also happens when I use the
> example table from the docbook book, i.e.:
> 
> <!DOCTYPE table PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
> <table frame=all><title>Sample Table</title>
> <tgroup cols=5 align=left colsep=1 rowsep=1>
> <colspec colname=c1>
> <colspec colname=c2>
> <colspec colname=c3>
> <colspec colnum=5 colname=c5>
> <spanspec spanname=hspan namest=c1 nameend=c2 align=center>
> <spanspec spanname=bspan namest=c2 nameend=c3 align=center>
> <thead>
> <row>
>   <entry spanname=hspan>Horizontal Span</entry>
>   <entry>a3</entry>
>   <entry>a4</entry>
>   <entry>a5</entry>
> </row>
> </thead>
> <tfoot>
> <row>
>   <entry>f1</entry>
>   <entry>f2</entry>
>   <entry>f3</entry>
>   <entry>f4</entry>
>   <entry>f5</entry>
> </row>
> </tfoot>
> <tbody>
> <row>
>   <entry>b1</entry>
>   <entry>b2</entry>
>   <entry>b3</entry>
>   <entry>b4</entry>
>   <entry morerows=1 valign=middle><para>  <!-- Pernicous Mixed Content
> -->
>   Vertical Span</para></entry>
> </row>
> <row>
>   <entry>c1</entry>
>   <entry spanname=bspan morerows=1 valign=bottom>Span Both</entry>
>   <entry>c4</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
>   <entry>d1</entry>
>   <entry>d4</entry>
>   <entry>d5</entry>
> </row>
> </tbody>
> </tgroup>
> </table>

I've CC'd Sebastian to see if he has any comments.

-- 
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>