HPR3457: Tables

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Mobile devices don't display them nicely. Most tables can be converted into a list:

OS	Init	Pkg
Fedora	systemd	dnf
Slackware	BSD-style	slackpkg
Gentoo	OpenRC	emerge

Can be represented as a list. In YAML terms, this is a sequence of mappings.

• Fedora
  • Init system: systemd
  • Package manager: dnf
• Slackware
  • Init system: BSD-style
  • Package manager: slackpkg
• Gentoo
  • Init system: OpenRC
  • Package manager: emerge

A table doesn't always translate exactly to a list, but it probably can be restructured.

OS	Open source	Landed on Mars
Linux	Yes	Yes
BSD	Yes	No
macOS	No	No

Could be written like this instead:

Linux and BSD are open source operating systems, while macOS is not. Of these POSIX-compliant systems, only Linux has landed on Mars so far.

That's pretty casual and loses the visual impact of a table or a list. So alternately, you could summarize what's common and highlight differences:

There are a few Linux systems on Mars. Neither BSD or macOS have yet landed on Mars.

• Linux and BSD are both open source.
• macOS is based partially on open source and includes components from the BSD, KDE, GNU, and other projects.