.Dd $Mdocdate: December 24 2009 $
.Dt BL-COLUMN 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm Bl-column
.Nd lists with multiple columns
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Bl -column "a"
.It a
.El
.Bl -column "a" "b"
.It a Ta b
.El
.\" avoid "c" which means "cm"
.Bl -column "a" "b" "cc"
.It a Ta b Ta cc
.El
.Bl -column "a" "b" "cc" "d"
.It a Ta b Ta cc Ta d
.El
.Bl -column "a" "b" "cc" "d" "e"
.It a Ta b Ta cc Ta d Ta e
.El
.\" Probing up to the utter limits of groff.
.\" With more than 5 columns or more than 78 characters per line,
.\" groff .Bl -column turns completely mad.
.\" mandoc can do more, but it's no use testing that.
.Bd -literal
5 + 35 + 4 + 34 = 78:
.Ed
.Bl -column "x35xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"  "x34xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
.It          x35xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x34xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
.It a Ta b
.El
.Bd -literal
5 + (22+4)*2 + 21 = 78:
.Ed
.Bl -column "x22xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"  "x22xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"  "x21xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
.It          x22xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x22xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x21xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
.It a Ta b Ta c
.El
.Bd -literal
5 + 16 + (4+15)*3 = 78:
.Ed
.Bl -column "x16xxxxxxxxxxxxx"  "x15xxxxxxxxxxxx"  "x15xxxxxxxxxxxx"  "x15xxxxxxxxxxxx"
.It          x16xxxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x15xxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x15xxxxxxxxxxxx Ta x15xxxxxxxxxxxx
.It a Ta b Ta c Ta d
.El
.Bd -literal
5 + 13 + (3+12)*4 = 78:
.Ed
.Bl -column "x13xxxxxxxxxx"  "x12xxxxxxxxx"  "x12xxxxxxxxx"  "x12xxxxxxxxx"  "x12xxxxxxxxx"
.It          x13xxxxxxxxxx Ta x12xxxxxxxxx Ta x12xxxxxxxxx Ta x12xxxxxxxxx Ta x12xxxxxxxxx
.It a Ta b Ta c Ta d Ta e
.El