Explain tab-delimited tables a bit better

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 278826ea0e103cefe13ca68061166b3eaa041e74..39d57a4fe99a3607ec213ee4a5fbf0f5941753e1 100644 (file)
--- 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
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 >
 > 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 2dac977244ed9329beaaf015b146d6c2d409d6d8..a6692f92c59eaa24a3414c6774e17ea1426af055 100644 (file)
--- 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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