From: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 17:13:38 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Explain tab-delimited tables a bit better
X-Git-Tag: 3.20100403~34
X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/3c9cd4f156018aea3d10dbf02be529e85c05eb66

Explain tab-delimited tables a bit better
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Tab_delimited_tables_don__39__t_work.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Tab_delimited_tables_don__39__t_work.mdwn
index 278826ea0..39d57a4fe 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/Tab_delimited_tables_don__39__t_work.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/Tab_delimited_tables_don__39__t_work.mdwn
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ alpha	beta
 """]]
 >
 > So, I think this can be considered [[not_a_bug|done]]? --[[smcv]]
+
+>> I've clarified the documentation. --[[smcv]]
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn
index 2dac97724..a6692f92c 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn
@@ -42,4 +42,9 @@ cells. For example:
   as the table header. Set it to "no" to make a table without a header, or
   "column" to make the first column be the header.
 
+For tab-delimited tables (often obtained by copying and pasting from HTML
+or a spreadsheet), `delimiter` must be set to a literal tab character. These
+are difficult to type in most web browsers - copying and pasting one from
+the table data is likely to be the easiest way.
+
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