0.13.7 tables ao and html output, poem html output

13 files changed, 1463 insertions, 569 deletions

diff --git a/org/ao_doc_abstraction.org b/org/ao_doc_abstraction.org
index aac99f7..e527f8c 100644
--- a/org/ao_doc_abstraction.org
+++ b/org/ao_doc_abstraction.org
@@ -162,18 +162,19 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
   <<abs_functions_header_set_common>>
   <<abs_functions_ocn_status>>
   <<abs_functions_block>>
-  <<abs_functions_block_code>>
-  <<abs_functions_block_biblio>>
-  // <<abs_functions_block_glossary>>
+  <<abs_functions_block_quote>>
   <<abs_functions_block_group>>
   <<abs_functions_block_block>>
   <<abs_functions_block_poem>>
-  <<abs_functions_block_quote>>
+  <<abs_functions_block_code>>
   <<abs_functions_block_table>>
+  <<abs_functions_block_biblio>>
+  // <<abs_functions_block_glossary>>
   <<abs_functions_block_line_status_empty>>
   <<abs_functions_book_index>>
   <<abs_functions_heading>>
   <<abs_functions_para>>
+  <<abs_functions_table>>
   /+ abstraction functions ↑ +/
   /+ ↓ abstraction function emitters +/
   <<ao_emitters_ocn>>
@@ -846,6 +847,16 @@ if there is a blurb section you need to:
 #+END_SRC
 
 ***** in blocks [+1]                                       :block:active:
+****** in block: quote                                           :quote:
+
+#+name: abs_in_loop_body_non_code_obj
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+} else if (type["quote"] == TriState.on) {
+  /+ within block object: quote +/
+  _quote_block_(line, an_object, type);
+  continue;
+#+END_SRC
+
 ****** in block: group                                           :group:
 
 #+name: abs_in_loop_body_non_code_obj
@@ -877,23 +888,13 @@ if there is a blurb section you need to:
   continue;
 #+END_SRC
 
-****** in block: quote                                           :quote:
-
-#+name: abs_in_loop_body_non_code_obj
-#+BEGIN_SRC d
-} else if (type["quote"] == TriState.on) {
-  /+ within block object: quote +/
-  _quote_block_(line, an_object, type);
-  continue;
-#+END_SRC
-
 ****** in block: table                                           :table:
 
 #+name: abs_in_loop_body_non_code_obj
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 } else if (type["table"] == TriState.on) {
   /+ within block object: table +/
-  _table_block_(line, an_object, type);
+  _table_block_(line, an_object, type, dochead_make_aa);
   continue;
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -2283,8 +2284,12 @@ void _start_block_(L,T,N)(
 #+name: abs_functions_block
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
   auto rgx = Rgx();
-  if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_code_open)) {
+  string code_block_syntax = "";
+  bool code_block_numbered = false;
+  if (auto m = line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_code_open)) {
     /+ curly code open +/
+    code_block_syntax = (m.captures[1]) ? m.captures[1].to!string : "";
+    code_block_numbered = (m.captures[2] == "#") ? true : false;
     debug(code) {                              // code (curly) open
       writefln(
         "* [code curly] %s",
@@ -2341,7 +2346,7 @@ void _start_block_(L,T,N)(
     type["blocks"] = TriState.on;
     type["quote"] = TriState.on;
     type["curly_quote"] = TriState.on;
-  } else if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_table_open)) {
+  } else if (auto m = line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_table_open)) {
     /+ curly table open +/
     debug(table) {                             // table (curly) open
       writefln(
@@ -2349,17 +2354,28 @@ void _start_block_(L,T,N)(
         line
       );
     }
-    type["blocks"]      = TriState.on;
-    type["table"]       = TriState.on;
-    type["curly_table"] = TriState.on;
+    an_object["table_head"]            = m.captures[1].to!string;
+    an_object["block_type"]            = "curly";
+    type["blocks"]                     = TriState.on;
+    type["table"]                      = TriState.on;
+    type["curly_table"]                = TriState.on;
+  } else if (auto m = line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_table_special_markup)) {
+    /+ table: special table block markup syntax! +/
+    an_object["table_head"]            = m.captures[1].to!string;
+    an_object["block_type"]            = "special";
+    type["blocks"]                     = TriState.on;
+    type["table"]                      = TriState.on;
+    type["curly_table_special_markup"] = TriState.on;
 #+END_SRC
 
 ***** block (various) tic open                                      :tic:
 
 #+name: abs_functions_block
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  } else if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_code_open)) {
+  } else if (auto m = line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_code_open)) {
     /+ tic code open +/
+    code_block_syntax = (m.captures[1]) ? m.captures[1].to!string : "";
+    code_block_numbered = (m.captures[2] == "#") ? true : false;
     debug(code) {                              // code (tic) open
       writefln(
         "* [code tic] %s",
@@ -2415,7 +2431,7 @@ void _start_block_(L,T,N)(
     type["blocks"] = TriState.on;
     type["quote"] = TriState.on;
     type["tic_quote"] = TriState.on;
-  } else if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_table_open)) {
+  } else if (auto m = line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_table_open)) {
     /+ tic table open +/
     debug(table) {                             // table (tic) open
       writefln(
@@ -2423,9 +2439,11 @@ void _start_block_(L,T,N)(
         line
       );
     }
-    type["blocks"]    = TriState.on;
-    type["table"]     = TriState.on;
-    type["tic_table"] = TriState.on;
+    an_object["table_head"]            = m.captures[1].to!string;
+    an_object["block_type"]            = "tic";
+    type["blocks"]                     = TriState.on;
+    type["table"]                      = TriState.on;
+    type["tic_table"]                  = TriState.on;
   }
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -2701,6 +2719,53 @@ void _biblio_block_(
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
+***** quote block                                                 :quote:
+
+#+name: abs_functions_block_quote
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+void _quote_block_(L,O,T)(
+  return ref L line,
+  return ref O an_object,
+  return ref T type
+) {
+  debug(asserts) {
+    static assert(is(typeof(line)      == char[]));
+    static assert(is(typeof(an_object) == string[string]));
+    static assert(is(typeof(type)      == int[string]));
+  }
+  auto rgx = Rgx();
+  if (type["curly_quote"] == TriState.on) {
+    if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_quote_close)) {
+      debug(quote) {                              // quote (curly) close
+        writeln(line);
+      }
+      type["blocks"]      = TriState.closing;
+      type["quote"]       = TriState.closing;
+      type["curly_quote"] = TriState.off;
+    } else {
+      debug(quote) {
+        writeln(line);
+      }
+      an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";   // build quote array (or string)
+    }
+  } else if (type["tic_quote"] == TriState.on) {
+    if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_close)) {
+      debug(quote) {                              // quote (tic) close
+        writeln(line);
+      }
+      type["blocks"]    = TriState.closing;
+      type["quote"]     = TriState.closing;
+      type["tic_quote"] = TriState.off;
+    } else {
+      debug(quote) {
+        writeln(line);
+      }
+      an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";   // build quote array (or string)
+    }
+  }
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
 ***** group block                                                 :group:
 
 #+name: abs_functions_block_group
@@ -2820,47 +2885,50 @@ void _poem_block_(L,O,T,C,N,Ma)(
   auto rgx = Rgx();
   if (type["curly_poem"] == TriState.on) {
     if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_poem_close)) {
-      an_object[an_object_key]="verse";
-      debug(poem) {                               // poem (curly) close
-        writefln(
-          "* [poem curly] %s",
-          line
-        );
-      }
-      if (processing.length > 0) {
-        an_object[an_object_key] = processing["verse"];
-      }
-      debug(poem) {                               // poem (curly) close
-        writeln(__LINE__);
-        writefln(
-          "* %s %s",
-          obj_cite_number,
-          line
-        );
-      }
-      if (an_object.length > 0) {
-        debug(poem) {                             // poem (curly) close
-          writeln(
+      if (an_object_key in an_object
+      || processing.length > 0) {
+        an_object[an_object_key]                    = "";
+        debug(poem) {                               // poem (curly) close
+          writefln(
+            "* [poem curly] %s",
+            line
+          );
+        }
+        if (processing.length > 0) {
+          an_object[an_object_key] = processing["verse"];
+        }
+        debug(poem) {                               // poem (curly) close
+          writeln(__LINE__);
+          writefln(
+            "* %s %s",
             obj_cite_number,
-            an_object[an_object_key]
+            line
           );
         }
-        an_object["is"] = "verse";
-        auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
-          obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
-        an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
-        anchor_tags = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.anchor_tags];
-        comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
-        comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
-        comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
-        comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "verse";
-        comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
-        comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
-        comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
-        comp_obj_block.inline_notes_reg           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
-        comp_obj_block.inline_notes_star          = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
-        comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
-        the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
+        if (an_object.length > 0) {
+          debug(poem) {                             // poem (curly) close
+            writeln(
+              obj_cite_number,
+              an_object[an_object_key]
+            );
+          }
+          an_object["is"]                           = "verse";
+          auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
+            obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
+          an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
+          anchor_tags = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.anchor_tags];
+          comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
+          comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
+          comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
+          comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "verse";
+          comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
+          comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
+          comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
+          comp_obj_block.inline_notes_reg           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
+          comp_obj_block.inline_notes_star          = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
+          comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
+          the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
+        }
         object_reset(an_object);
         processing.remove("verse");
         ++cntr;
@@ -2891,7 +2959,7 @@ void _poem_block_(L,O,T,C,N,Ma)(
           );
         }
         processing.remove("verse");
-        an_object["is"] = "verse";
+        an_object["is"]                           = "verse";
         auto comp_obj_location = node_construct.node_location_emitter(
           content_non_header,
           segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to,
@@ -2938,7 +3006,7 @@ void _poem_block_(L,O,T,C,N,Ma)(
           writeln(obj_cite_number, line);
         }
         processing.remove("verse");
-        an_object["is"] = "verse";
+        an_object["is"]                           = "verse";
         auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
           obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
         an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
@@ -2983,7 +3051,7 @@ void _poem_block_(L,O,T,C,N,Ma)(
           );
         }
         processing.remove("verse");
-        an_object["is"] = "verse";
+        an_object["is"]                           = "verse";
         auto comp_obj_location =
           node_construct.node_location_emitter(
             content_non_header,
@@ -3017,61 +3085,15 @@ void _poem_block_(L,O,T,C,N,Ma)(
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
-***** quote block                                                 :quote:
-
-#+name: abs_functions_block_quote
-#+BEGIN_SRC d
-void _quote_block_(L,O,T)(
-  return ref L line,
-  return ref O an_object,
-  return ref T type
-) {
-  debug(asserts) {
-    static assert(is(typeof(line)      == char[]));
-    static assert(is(typeof(an_object) == string[string]));
-    static assert(is(typeof(type)      == int[string]));
-  }
-  auto rgx = Rgx();
-  if (type["curly_quote"] == TriState.on) {
-    if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_quote_close)) {
-      debug(quote) {                              // quote (curly) close
-        writeln(line);
-      }
-      type["blocks"]      = TriState.closing;
-      type["quote"]       = TriState.closing;
-      type["curly_quote"] = TriState.off;
-    } else {
-      debug(quote) {
-        writeln(line);
-      }
-      an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";   // build quote array (or string)
-    }
-  } else if (type["tic_quote"] == TriState.on) {
-    if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_close)) {
-      debug(quote) {                              // quote (tic) close
-        writeln(line);
-      }
-      type["blocks"]    = TriState.closing;
-      type["quote"]     = TriState.closing;
-      type["tic_quote"] = TriState.off;
-    } else {
-      debug(quote) {
-        writeln(line);
-      }
-      an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";   // build quote array (or string)
-    }
-  }
-}
-#+END_SRC
-
 ***** table block                                                 :table:
 
 #+name: abs_functions_block_table
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-void _table_block_(L,O,T)(
+void _table_block_(L,O,T,Ma)(
   return ref L line,
   return ref O an_object,
-  return ref T type
+  return ref T type,
+  return ref Ma dochead_make_aa
 ) {
   debug(asserts) {
     static assert(is(typeof(line)      == char[]));
@@ -3093,6 +3115,27 @@ void _table_block_(L,O,T)(
       }
       an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";           // build table array (or string)
     }
+  } else if (type["curly_table_special_markup"] == TriState.on) {
+    if (line.empty) {
+      type["blocks"]                     = TriState.off;
+      type["table"]                      = TriState.off;
+      type["curly_table_special_markup"] = TriState.off;
+      _table_closed_make_special_notation_table_(
+        line,
+        an_object,
+        the_document_body_section,
+        obj_cite_number,
+        comp_obj_heading,
+        cntr,
+        type,
+        dochead_make_aa
+      );
+    } else {
+      debug(table) {
+        writeln(line);
+      }
+      an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";
+    }
   } else if (type["tic_table"] == TriState.on) {
     if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_close)) {
       debug(table) {                           // table (tic) close
@@ -3111,9 +3154,56 @@ void _table_block_(L,O,T)(
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
-**** block end (close an open block): line empty, block flag       :close:
+**** special table notation, make: table
+
+process and use an_object["table_head"] (then empty it)
+- present table header info in uniform way
+  - table_number_of_columns, int (count)
+  - table_column_widths, int[] column widths (as given or calculate average)
+  - show table walls, bool
+
+#+name: abs_functions_block_line_status_empty
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+void _table_closed_make_special_notation_table_(
+  char[]                           line,
+  return ref string[string]        an_object,
+  return ref ObjGenericComposite[] the_document_body_section,
+  return ref int                   obj_cite_number,
+  return ref ObjGenericComposite   _comp_obj_heading,
+  return ref int                   cntr,
+  return ref int[string]           type,
+  string[string][string]           dochead_make_aa,
+) {
+    comp_obj_block = comp_obj_block.init;
+    obj_cite_number =
+      ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
+    auto comp_obj_location =
+      node_construct.node_location_emitter(
+        content_non_header,
+        segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to,
+        obj_cite_number,
+        cntr,
+        heading_ptr-1,
+        "table"
+      );
+    an_object["is"] = "table";
+    auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
+      obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, "body_nugget", dochead_make_aa);
+    an_object["substantive"]         = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
+    comp_obj_block.ocn               = obj_cite_number;
+    comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number   = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
+    comp_obj_block                   = table_instructions(comp_obj_block, an_object["table_head"]);
+    comp_obj_block                   = table_substantive_munge_special(comp_obj_block, an_object["substantive"]);
+    the_document_body_section        ~= comp_obj_block;
+    object_reset(an_object);
+    processing.remove("verse");
+    ++cntr;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** block end (close an open block): line empty, block flag _makes_ :close:
 
-***** { line empty, make block
+***** { line empty, _make block_
 
 #+name: abs_functions_block_line_status_empty
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -3142,11 +3232,11 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
   assertions_flag_types_block_status_none_or_closed(type);
 #+END_SRC
 
-***** make: group block
+***** make: quote block
 
 #+name: abs_functions_block_line_status_empty
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  if (type["group"] == TriState.closing) {
+  if (type["quote"] == TriState.closing) {
     obj_cite_number =
       ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
     an_object["bookindex_nugget"] =
@@ -3157,7 +3247,7 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
         obj_cite_number,
         segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to
       );
-    an_object["is"] = "group";
+    an_object["is"] = "quote";
     auto comp_obj_location =
       node_construct.node_location_emitter(
         content_non_header,
@@ -3174,7 +3264,7 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
     comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
     comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
     comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
-    comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "group";
+    comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "quote";
     comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
     comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
     comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
@@ -3183,18 +3273,19 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
     comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
     the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
     type["blocks"]                            = TriState.off;
-    type["group"]                             = TriState.off;
+    type["table"]                             = TriState.off;
     object_reset(an_object);
     processing.remove("verse");
     ++cntr;
 #+END_SRC
 
-***** make: block
+***** make: group block
 
 #+name: abs_functions_block_line_status_empty
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  } else if (type["block"] == TriState.closing) {
-    obj_cite_number = ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
+  } else if (type["group"] == TriState.closing) {
+    obj_cite_number =
+      ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
     an_object["bookindex_nugget"] =
       ("bookindex_nugget" in an_object) ? an_object["bookindex_nugget"] : "";
     bookindex_unordered_hashes =
@@ -3203,7 +3294,7 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
         obj_cite_number,
         segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to
       );
-    an_object["is"] = "block";
+    an_object["is"] = "group";
     auto comp_obj_location =
       node_construct.node_location_emitter(
         content_non_header,
@@ -3212,7 +3303,7 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
         cntr,
         heading_ptr-1,
         an_object["is"]
-       );
+      );
     auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
       obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
     an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
@@ -3220,7 +3311,7 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
     comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
     comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
     comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
-    comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "block";
+    comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "group";
     comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
     comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
     comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
@@ -3229,19 +3320,18 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
     comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
     the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
     type["blocks"]                            = TriState.off;
-    type["block"]                             = TriState.off;
+    type["group"]                             = TriState.off;
     object_reset(an_object);
     processing.remove("verse");
     ++cntr;
 #+END_SRC
 
-***** make: code block
+***** make: block
 
 #+name: abs_functions_block_line_status_empty
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  } else if (type["code"] == TriState.closing) {
-    obj_cite_number =
-      ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
+  } else if (type["block"] == TriState.closing) {
+    obj_cite_number = ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
     an_object["bookindex_nugget"] =
       ("bookindex_nugget" in an_object) ? an_object["bookindex_nugget"] : "";
     bookindex_unordered_hashes =
@@ -3250,7 +3340,7 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
         obj_cite_number,
         segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to
       );
-    an_object["is"] = "code";
+    an_object["is"] = "block";
     auto comp_obj_location =
       node_construct.node_location_emitter(
         content_non_header,
@@ -3259,24 +3349,24 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
         cntr,
         heading_ptr-1,
         an_object["is"]
-      );
+       );
     auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
       obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
     an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
     anchor_tags = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.anchor_tags];
-    comp_obj_code                             = comp_obj_code.init;
-    comp_obj_code.use                         = "body";
-    comp_obj_code.is_of                       = "block";
-    comp_obj_code.is_a                        = "code";
-    comp_obj_code.ocn                         = obj_cite_number;
-    comp_obj_code.obj_cite_number             = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
-    comp_obj_code.text                        = an_object["substantive"];
-    comp_obj_code.inline_notes_reg            = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
-    comp_obj_code.inline_notes_star           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
-    comp_obj_code.inline_links                = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
-    the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_code;
+    comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
+    comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
+    comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
+    comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "block";
+    comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
+    comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
+    comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
+    comp_obj_block.inline_notes_reg           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
+    comp_obj_block.inline_notes_star          = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
+    comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
+    the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
     type["blocks"]                            = TriState.off;
-    type["code"]                              = TriState.off;
+    type["block"]                             = TriState.off;
     object_reset(an_object);
     processing.remove("verse");
     ++cntr;
@@ -3295,7 +3385,7 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
         obj_cite_number,
         segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to
       );
-    an_object["is"] = "verse"; // check also
+    an_object["is"]                               = "verse";
     auto comp_obj_location =
       node_construct.node_location_emitter(
         content_non_header,
@@ -3319,11 +3409,11 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
     processing.remove("verse");
 #+END_SRC
 
-***** make: quote block
+***** make: code block
 
 #+name: abs_functions_block_line_status_empty
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  } else if (type["quote"] == TriState.closing) {
+  } else if (type["code"] == TriState.closing) {
     obj_cite_number =
       ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
     an_object["bookindex_nugget"] =
@@ -3334,7 +3424,7 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
         obj_cite_number,
         segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to
       );
-    an_object["is"] = "quote";
+    an_object["is"] = "code";
     auto comp_obj_location =
       node_construct.node_location_emitter(
         content_non_header,
@@ -3345,25 +3435,25 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
         an_object["is"]
       );
     auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
-      obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa); // ...
-    an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content]; // ...
+      obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
+    an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
     anchor_tags = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.anchor_tags];
-    comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
-    comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
-    comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
-    comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "quote";
-    comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
-    comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
-    comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
-    comp_obj_block.inline_notes_reg           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
-    comp_obj_block.inline_notes_star          = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
-    comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
-    the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
+    comp_obj_code                             = comp_obj_code.init;
+    comp_obj_code.use                         = "body";
+    comp_obj_code.is_of                       = "block";
+    comp_obj_code.is_a                        = "code";
+    comp_obj_code.ocn                         = obj_cite_number;
+    comp_obj_code.obj_cite_number             = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
+    comp_obj_code.text                        = an_object["substantive"];
+    comp_obj_code.inline_notes_reg            = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
+    comp_obj_code.inline_notes_star           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
+    comp_obj_code.inline_links                = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
+    the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_code;
+    type["blocks"]                            = TriState.off;
+    type["code"]                              = TriState.off;
     object_reset(an_object);
     processing.remove("verse");
     ++cntr;
-    type["blocks"] = TriState.off;
-    type["quote"] = TriState.off;
 #+END_SRC
 
 ***** make: table
@@ -3371,6 +3461,7 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
 #+name: abs_functions_block_line_status_empty
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
   } else if (type["table"] == TriState.closing) {
+    comp_obj_block = comp_obj_block.init;
     obj_cite_number =
       ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
     an_object["bookindex_nugget"] =
@@ -3394,17 +3485,11 @@ void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
     auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
       obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
     an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
-    anchor_tags = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.anchor_tags];
     comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
-    comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
-    comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
-    comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "table";
     comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
     comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
-    comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
-    comp_obj_block.inline_notes_reg           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
-    comp_obj_block.inline_notes_star          = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
-    comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
+    comp_obj_block = table_instructions(comp_obj_block, an_object["table_head"]);
+    comp_obj_block = table_substantive_munge(comp_obj_block, an_object["substantive"]);
     the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
     type["blocks"]                            = TriState.off;
     type["table"]                             = TriState.off;
@@ -3899,6 +3984,242 @@ auto font_faces_line(T)(
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
+**** tables
+
+- number of columns
+- column widths (either as given or uniform, first often different from rest)
+- column aligns (as given else default left for text, check whether can default right for digits)
+- table heading (auto align left)
+- table walls
+- TODO need to be able to align columns left or right (digits)
+
+***** table instructions
+
+#+name: abs_functions_table
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+auto table_instructions(O,H)(
+  return ref O  table_object,
+  return ref H  table_head,
+) {
+  auto rgx = Rgx();
+  table_object.use               = "body";
+  table_object.is_of             = "block";
+  table_object.is_a              = "table";
+  table_object.inline_notes_reg  = false;
+  table_object.inline_notes_star = false;
+  table_object.inline_links      = false;
+  if (auto m = table_head.matchFirst(rgx.table_head_instructions)) {
+    table_object.table_heading = ((m["c_heading"].length > 0) && (m["c_heading"] == "h")) ? true : false;
+    table_object.table_number_of_columns = ((m["c_num"].length > 0) && (m["c_num"].to!int > 0)) ? m["c_num"].to!int : 0; // double check, may be obsolete
+    foreach (cw; m["c_widths"].matchAll(rgx.table_col_widths)) {
+      auto x = cw.hit.matchFirst(rgx.table_col_widths_and_alignment);
+      table_object.table_column_widths ~= x["width"].to!int;
+      table_object.table_column_aligns ~= (x["align"].empty) ? "" : x["align"];
+    }
+  }
+  return table_object;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** table array munge
+
+#+name: abs_functions_table
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+auto table_array_munge(O,T)(
+  return ref O  table_object,
+  return ref T  table_array,
+) {
+  auto rgx = Rgx();
+  auto mng = InlineMarkup();
+  string _table_substantive;
+  ulong col_num;
+  ulong col_num_;
+  ulong col_num_chk = 0;
+  foreach(idx_r, row; table_array) {
+    debug(table_dev) {
+      writeln("row ", idx_r);
+    }
+    col_num_ = 0;
+    if (col_num == 0
+    || col_num < row.length) {
+      col_num = row.length;
+    }
+    if (col_num_chk == 0) {
+      col_num_chk = col_num;
+    } else if (col_num == 1) {
+      debug(table_dev) {
+        writeln("table note: ");
+      }
+    } else if (col_num_chk != col_num) {
+      debug(table_dev) {
+        writeln("warning irregular number of columns: ", col_num_chk, " != ", col_num);
+      }
+    } else {
+    }
+    foreach(idx_c, col; row) {
+      debug(table_dev) {
+        write(idx_c, ", ");
+      }
+      col_num_ = idx_c;
+      _table_substantive ~= col ~ mng.tc_s;
+      if (idx_r == 0 && comp_obj_block.table_heading) {
+      } else if (idx_r == 1 && col.match(rgx.numeric_col)) {
+        if ((comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns.length > idx_c)
+        && (comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c].matchFirst(rgx.table_col_align_match))) {
+          comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c]
+            = comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c];
+        } else if (comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns.length > idx_c) {
+          comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c] = "r";
+        } else {
+          comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns ~= "r";
+        }
+      } else if (idx_r == 1) {
+        if ((comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns.length > idx_c)
+        && (comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c].matchFirst(rgx.table_col_align_match))) {
+          comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c]
+            = comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c];
+        } else if (comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns.length > idx_c) {
+          comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c] = "l";
+        } else {
+          comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns ~= "l";
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    debug(table_dev) {
+      writeln("");
+    }
+    if (col_num_chk > 0 && (col_num != col_num_chk)) {
+    } else if (col_num == col_num_chk){
+    } else {
+      col_num_chk = col_num;
+    }
+    _table_substantive = _table_substantive.replaceFirst(rgx.table_col_separator_nl, "\n");
+  }
+  if (comp_obj_block.table_number_of_columns != col_num) {
+    if (comp_obj_block.table_number_of_columns == 0) {
+      comp_obj_block.table_number_of_columns = (col_num).to!int;
+    } else {
+      debug(table_dev) {
+        writeln(comp_obj_block.table_number_of_columns, " != ", col_num);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (table_object.table_number_of_columns == 0
+  && table_object.table_column_widths.length > 0) {
+      writeln(__LINE__, " ERROR");
+  }
+  if (table_object.table_number_of_columns > 0
+  && table_object.table_column_widths.length == 0) {
+    double col_w = (100.00 / table_object.table_number_of_columns);
+    foreach (i; 0..table_object.table_number_of_columns) {
+      table_object.table_column_widths ~= col_w;
+    }
+  } else if (table_object.table_number_of_columns
+  != table_object.table_column_widths.length) {
+    debug(table_dev) {
+      writeln(m.hit); // further logic required
+    }
+    if (table_object.table_number_of_columns > table_object.table_column_widths.length) {
+      double col_w = (100.00 - (table_object.table_column_widths).sum)
+        / (table_object.table_number_of_columns - table_object.table_column_widths.length);
+      foreach (i; 0..table_object.table_column_widths.length) {
+        table_object.table_column_widths ~= col_w;
+      }
+      foreach (i; 0..(table_object.table_number_of_columns - table_object.table_column_widths.length)) {
+        table_object.table_column_widths ~= col_w;
+      }
+    } else if (table_object.table_number_of_columns < table_object.table_column_widths.length) {
+      writeln(__LINE__, " warning, ERROR");
+    }
+  }
+  if (table_object.table_column_widths.sum > 101
+  || table_object.table_column_widths.sum < 95 ) {
+    writeln("sum: ", table_object.table_column_widths.sum,
+      ", array: ", table_object.table_column_widths,
+      ", cols: ", table_object.table_number_of_columns);
+    writeln(_table_substantive);
+  }
+  debug(table_res) {
+    writeln("aligns: ", comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns, "\n",
+      "no. of columns: ", comp_obj_block.table_number_of_columns, "\n",
+      "col widths: ", comp_obj_block.table_column_widths,
+        " sum: ", comp_obj_block.table_column_widths.sum, "\n",
+      _table_substantive);
+  }
+  comp_obj_block.text = _table_substantive;
+  return table_object;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** table array munge simple open & close
+
+#+name: abs_functions_table
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+auto table_array_munge_open_close(O,T)(
+  return ref O  table_object,
+  return ref T  table_array,
+) {
+  auto rgx = Rgx();
+  auto mng = InlineMarkup();
+  string _table_substantive;
+  foreach(row; table_array) {
+    foreach(col; row) {
+      _table_substantive ~= mng.tc_o ~ col ~ mng.tc_c;
+    }
+    _table_substantive ~= "\n";
+  }
+  debug(table_dev) {
+    writeln(_table_substantive);
+  }
+  comp_obj_block.text = _table_substantive;
+  return table_object;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** table substantive munge
+
+#+name: abs_functions_table
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+auto table_substantive_munge(O,T)(
+  return ref O  table_object,
+  return ref T  table_substantive,
+) {
+  auto rgx = Rgx();
+  auto munge = ObjInlineMarkupMunge();
+  string[] _table_rows = (table_substantive).split(rgx.table_row_delimiter);
+  string[] _table_cols;
+  string[][] _table;
+  foreach(col; _table_rows) {
+    _table_cols = col.split(rgx.table_col_delimiter);
+    _table ~= _table_cols;
+  }
+  table_object = table_array_munge(table_object, _table);
+  return table_object;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** table substantive munge special
+
+#+name: abs_functions_table
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+auto table_substantive_munge_special(O,T)(
+  return ref O  table_object,
+  return ref T  table_substantive,
+) {
+  auto rgx = Rgx();
+  auto munge = ObjInlineMarkupMunge();
+  string[] _table_rows = (table_substantive).split(rgx.table_row_delimiter_special);
+  string[] _table_cols;
+  string[][] _table;
+  foreach(col; _table_rows) {
+    _table_cols = col.split(rgx.table_col_delimiter_special);
+    _table ~= _table_cols;
+  }
+  table_object = table_array_munge(table_object, _table);
+  return table_object;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
 *** function emitters                                            :emitters:
 **** object                                                       :object:
 ***** ocn                                                           :ocn:
@@ -4088,10 +4409,11 @@ struct ObjInlineMarkupMunge {
       rgx.inline_notes_curly_sp_asterisk,
       (mkup.en_a_o ~ "*" ~ " $1" ~ mkup.en_a_c)
     );
-    obj_txt_in = obj_txt_in.replaceAll(
-      rgx.inline_notes_curly_sp_plus,
-      (mkup.en_a_o ~ "+" ~ " $1" ~ mkup.en_a_c)
-    );
+    obj_txt_in =
+      obj_txt_in.replaceAll(
+        rgx.inline_notes_curly_sp_plus,
+        (mkup.en_a_o ~ "+" ~ " $1" ~ mkup.en_a_c)
+      );
     /+ url matched +/
     if (obj_txt_in.match(rgx.inline_url)) {
       urls = true;
@@ -4189,6 +4511,24 @@ struct ObjInlineMarkupMunge {
   }
 #+END_SRC
 
+****** quote
+
+#+name: ao_emitters_obj_inline_markup_munge
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  string munge_quote(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+  in {
+    debug(asserts) {
+      static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
+    }
+  }
+  body {
+    obj_txt["munge"]=obj_txt_in;
+    return obj_txt["munge"];
+  }
+  invariant() {
+  }
+#+END_SRC
+
 ****** group
 - group block identified by open an close tags
 - general markup
@@ -4280,7 +4620,7 @@ struct ObjInlineMarkupMunge {
     }
   }
   body {
-    obj_txt_in = (obj_txt_in).replaceAll(rgx.two_spaces, mkup.nbsp ~ mkup.nbsp);
+    obj_txt_in = (obj_txt_in).replaceAll(rgx.space, mkup.nbsp);
     obj_txt["munge"] = obj_txt_in;
     return obj_txt["munge"];
   }
@@ -4308,24 +4648,6 @@ struct ObjInlineMarkupMunge {
   }
 #+END_SRC
 
-****** quote
-
-#+name: ao_emitters_obj_inline_markup_munge
-#+BEGIN_SRC d
-  string munge_quote(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
-  in {
-    debug(asserts) {
-      static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
-    }
-  }
-  body {
-    obj_txt["munge"]=obj_txt_in;
-    return obj_txt["munge"];
-  }
-  invariant() {
-  }
-#+END_SRC
-
 ****** comment
 
 #+name: ao_emitters_obj_inline_markup_munge
@@ -5044,11 +5366,11 @@ struct ObjAttributes {
   }
 #+END_SRC
 
-******** group
+******** quote
 
 #+name: ao_emitters_obj_attributes_private_an_attribute
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  string _group(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+  string _quote(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
   in {
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -5057,18 +5379,18 @@ struct ObjAttributes {
   body {
     _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
     ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-    ~ " \"is\": \"group\"";
+    ~ " \"is\": \"quote\"";
     return _obj_attributes;
   }
   invariant() {
   }
 #+END_SRC
 
-******** block
+******** group
 
 #+name: ao_emitters_obj_attributes_private_an_attribute
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  string _block(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+  string _group(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
   in {
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -5077,18 +5399,18 @@ struct ObjAttributes {
   body {
     _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
     ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-    ~ " \"is\": \"block\"";
+    ~ " \"is\": \"group\"";
     return _obj_attributes;
   }
   invariant() {
   }
 #+END_SRC
 
-******** verse
+******** block
 
 #+name: ao_emitters_obj_attributes_private_an_attribute
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  string _verse(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+  string _block(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
   in {
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -5097,18 +5419,18 @@ struct ObjAttributes {
   body {
     _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
     ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-    ~ " \"is\": \"verse\"";
+    ~ " \"is\": \"block\"";
     return _obj_attributes;
   }
   invariant() {
   }
 #+END_SRC
 
-******** code
+******** verse
 
 #+name: ao_emitters_obj_attributes_private_an_attribute
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  string _code(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+  string _verse(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
   in {
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -5117,18 +5439,18 @@ struct ObjAttributes {
   body {
     _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
     ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-    ~ " \"is\": \"code\"";
+    ~ " \"is\": \"verse\"";
     return _obj_attributes;
   }
   invariant() {
   }
 #+END_SRC
 
-******** table
+******** code
 
 #+name: ao_emitters_obj_attributes_private_an_attribute
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  string _table(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+  string _code(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
   in {
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -5137,18 +5459,18 @@ struct ObjAttributes {
   body {
     _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
     ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-    ~ " \"is\": \"table\"";
+    ~ " \"is\": \"code\"";
     return _obj_attributes;
   }
   invariant() {
   }
 #+END_SRC
 
-******** quote
+******** table
 
 #+name: ao_emitters_obj_attributes_private_an_attribute
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  string _quote(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+  string _table(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
   in {
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -5157,7 +5479,7 @@ struct ObjAttributes {
   body {
     _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
     ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-    ~ " \"is\": \"quote\"";
+    ~ " \"is\": \"table\"";
     return _obj_attributes;
   }
   invariant() {
@@ -6435,7 +6757,13 @@ struct ObjGenericComposite {
   bool                   inline_links                 = false;
   bool                   inline_notes_reg             = false;
   bool                   inline_notes_star            = false;
-  string                 syntax                       = "";
+  string                 language                     = ""; // not implemented, consider
+  string                 code_block_syntax            = "";
+  int                    table_number_of_columns      = 0;
+  double[]               table_column_widths          = [];
+  string[]               table_column_aligns          = [];
+  bool                   table_heading                = false;
+  bool                   table_walls                  = false; // not implemented
   int                    ocn                          = 0;
   string                 segment_anchor_tag           = "";
   string                 segname_prev                 = "";
diff --git a/org/defaults.org b/org/defaults.org
index ffd2c7c..25b1a4b 100644
--- a/org/defaults.org
+++ b/org/defaults.org
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ template SiSUrgxInitFlags() {
       "curly_block"                : 0,
       "curly_quote"                : 0,
       "curly_table"                : 0,
+      "curly_table_special_markup" : 0,
       "tic_code"                   : 0,
       "tic_poem"                   : 0,
       "tic_group"                  : 0,
@@ -580,9 +581,15 @@ static newline_eol_strip_preceding                    = ctRegex!("[ ]*\n");
 static newline_eol_delimiter_only                     = ctRegex!("^\n");
 static line_delimiter_ws_strip                        = ctRegex!("[ ]*\n[ ]*");
 static para_delimiter                                 = ctRegex!("\n[ ]*\n+");
+static table_col_delimiter                            = ctRegex!("[ ]*\n+", "mg");
+static table_row_delimiter                            = ctRegex!("\n[ ]*\n+", "mg");
+static table_row_delimiter_special                    = ctRegex!("[ ]*\n", "mg"); //
+static table_col_delimiter_special                    = ctRegex!("[ ]*[|][ ]*", "mg"); //
 static levels_markup                                  = ctRegex!(`^[A-D1-4]$`);
 static levels_numbered                                = ctRegex!(`^[0-9]$`);
 static levels_numbered_headings                       = ctRegex!(`^[0-7]$`);
+static numeric                                        = ctRegex!(`[ 0-9,.-]+`);
+static numeric_col                                    = ctRegex!(`^[ 0-9,.$£₤Є€€¥-]+$`);
 #+END_SRC
 
 *** comments                                                      :comment:
@@ -594,7 +601,8 @@ static comment                                        = ctRegex!(`^%+ `);
 static comments                                       = ctRegex!(`^%+ |^%+$`);
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** native header                                           :native:header:
+*** native headers
+**** native header                                         :native:header:
 
 #+name: ao_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -613,7 +621,7 @@ static variable_doc_author                            = ctRegex!(`@author|@creat
 static raw_author_munge                               = ctRegex!(`(\S.+?),\s+(.+)`,"i");
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** subheader                                            :native:subheader:
+**** subheader                                          :native:subheader:
 
 #+name: ao_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -661,12 +669,13 @@ static para_indent_hang                               = ctRegex!(`^_([0-9])_([0-
 static para_attribs                                   = ctRegex!(`^_(?:(?:[0-9])(?:_([0-9]))?|(?:[1-9])?[*]) `);
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** blocked markup                                              :block:tic:
+*** blocked markup
+**** blocked markup                                            :block:tic:
 
 #+name: ao_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ blocked markup +/
-static block_open                                     = ctRegex!("^((code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)[{].*?$)|^`{3} (code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)");
+static block_open                                     = ctRegex!("^((code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)[{].*?$)|^`{3} (code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)|^[{]table(~h)?(?P<columns>(?:[ ]+[0-9]+;)+)[}]");
 static block_poem_open                                = ctRegex!("^((poem[{].*?$)|`{3} poem)");
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -676,22 +685,22 @@ static block_poem_open                                = ctRegex!("^((poem[{].*?$
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ blocked markup tics +/
 static block_tic_open                                 = ctRegex!("^`{3} (code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)");
-static block_tic_code_open                            = ctRegex!("^`{3} (code)([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?");
+static block_tic_code_open                            = ctRegex!("^`{3} (?:code)(?:[.]([a-z][0-9a-z_]+))?(?:[ ]+([#]))?");
 static block_tic_poem_open                            = ctRegex!("^`{3} (poem)");
 static block_tic_group_open                           = ctRegex!("^`{3} (group)");
 static block_tic_block_open                           = ctRegex!("^`{3} (block)");
 static block_tic_quote_open                           = ctRegex!("^`{3} (quote)");
-static block_tic_table_open                           = ctRegex!("^`{3} (table)");
+static block_tic_table_open                           = ctRegex!("^`{3} table(.*)");
 static block_tic_close                                = ctRegex!("^(`{3})$","m");
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** blocked markup curly                                      :block:curly:
+**** blocked markup curly                                    :block:curly:
 
 #+name: ao_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ blocked markup curly +/
 static block_curly_open                               = ctRegex!(`^((code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)[{].*?$)`);
-static block_curly_code_open                          = ctRegex!(`^(code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?[{](.*?)$)`);
+static block_curly_code_open                          = ctRegex!(`^(?:code(?:[.]([a-z][0-9a-z_]+))?[{]([#]?)\s*$)`);
 static block_curly_code_close                         = ctRegex!(`^([}]code)`);
 static block_curly_poem_open                          = ctRegex!(`^(poem[{].*?$)`);
 static block_curly_poem_close                         = ctRegex!(`^([}]poem)`);
@@ -701,8 +710,22 @@ static block_curly_block_open                         = ctRegex!(`^(block[{].*?$
 static block_curly_block_close                        = ctRegex!(`^([}]block)`);
 static block_curly_quote_open                         = ctRegex!(`^(quote[{].*?$)`);
 static block_curly_quote_close                        = ctRegex!(`^([}]quote)`);
-static block_curly_table_open                         = ctRegex!(`^(table[{].*?$)`);
+static block_curly_table_open                         = ctRegex!(`^table[{](.*)`);
 static block_curly_table_close                        = ctRegex!(`^([}]table)`);
+static block_curly_table_special_markup               = ctRegex!(`^[{]table((~h)?(?P<columns>(?:[ ]+[0-9]+;)+))[}]`, "mg"); // sepcial table block markup
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** block sub-matches                                       :block:curly:
+
+#+name: ao_rgx
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+static table_head_instructions                        = ctRegex!(`(?P<c_heading>h)?(?:[ ]+c(?P<c_num>[0-9]);)?(?P<c_widths>(?:[ ]+[0-9]+[lr]?;)+)`);
+static table_col_widths_and_alignment                 = ctRegex!(`(?P<width>[0-9]+)(?P<align>[lr]?)`);
+static table_col_widths                               = ctRegex!(`(?P<widths>[0-9]+)`);
+static table_col_align                                = ctRegex!(`(?P<align>[lr]?)`);
+static table_col_align_match                          = ctRegex!(`(?P<align>[lr])`);
+static table_col_separator                            = ctRegex!(`┊`);
+static table_col_separator_nl                         = ctRegex!(`[┊]$`, "mg");
 #+END_SRC
 
 *** inline markup footnotes endnotes                      :inline:footnote:
@@ -731,7 +754,7 @@ static inline_text_and_note_curly                     = ctRegex!(`(?P<text>.+?)(
 static note_ref                                       = ctRegex!(`^\S+?noteref_([0-9]+)`, "mg");     // {^{73.}^}#noteref_73
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** links/ urls                                           :inline:footnote:
+**** links/ urls                                         :inline:footnote:
 
 #+name: ao_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -743,14 +766,14 @@ static inline_link_endnote_url_helper_punctuated       = ctRegex!(`\{~\^\s+(?P<c
 static inline_link_endnote_url_helper                  = ctRegex!(`\{~\^\s+(?P<content>.+?)\}(?P<link>(?:(?:https?|git):\/\/|¤?\.\.\/|¤?\.\/|¤|#)\S+)`, "mg");
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** images                                                         :images:
+**** images                                                       :images:
 
 #+name: ao_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 static image                                           = ctRegex!(`([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+?\.(?:png|gif|jpg))`, "mg");
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** inline markup book index                             :inline:bookindex:
+**** inline markup book index                           :inline:bookindex:
 
 #+name: ao_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -830,7 +853,7 @@ static bi_sub_terms_plus_obj_cite_number_offset_split = ctRegex!(`\s*\|\s*`);
 static bi_term_and_obj_cite_numbers_match             = ctRegex!(`^(.+?)\+(\d+)`);
 #+END_SRC
 
-** language codes                                         :language:codes:
+*** language codes                                         :language:codes:
 
 #+name: ao_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -1045,6 +1068,10 @@ template InternalMarkup() {
     auto br_page_line = "┼";                                              // "▭";
     auto br_page = "┿";                                                   // "┼";
     auto br_page_new = "╂";                                               // "╋";
+    auto tc_s = "┊";                                                      // "┴"; //"『"; // "┏" ┓
+    auto tc_o = "┏"; //"『"; // "┏" ┓
+    auto tc_c = "┚"; // "』"; // "┚"  table row mark #Mx[:tc_c]="』\n"
+    auto tc_p = "┆";   // table col/misc mark
     string indent_by_spaces_provided(int indent) {
       auto _indent_spaces ="░░";   // auto nbsp = "░";
       _indent_spaces = replicate(_indent_spaces, indent);
@@ -1160,6 +1187,8 @@ static newline                                        = ctRegex!("\n", "mg");
 static space                                          = ctRegex!(`[ ]`, "mg");
 static two_spaces                                     = ctRegex!(`[ ]{2}`, "mg");
 static nbsp_char                                      = ctRegex!(`░`, "mg");
+static nbsp_and_space                                 = ctRegex!(`&nbsp;[ ]`, "mg");
+static nbsp_char_and_space                            = ctRegex!(`░[ ]`, "mg");
 #+END_SRC
 
 *** filename (and path) matching (including markup insert file) :insert:file:path:filename:
@@ -1176,7 +1205,8 @@ static src_fn_find_inserts                            = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[a-z
 static insert_src_fn_ssi_or_sst                       = ctRegex!(`^<<\s*(?P<path>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]ss[ti])$`);
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** inline (internal program) markup footnotes endnotes   :inline:footnote:
+*** inline markup
+**** inline (internal program) markup footnotes endnotes :inline:footnote:
 
 #+name: prgmkup_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -1196,7 +1226,7 @@ static inline_text_and_note_al                        = ctRegex!(`(?P<text>.+?)�
 static inline_text_and_note_al_                       = ctRegex!(`(.+?(?:【[*+]*\s+.+?】|$))`, "mg");
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** inline links
+**** inline links
 
 #+name: prgmkup_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -1209,7 +1239,7 @@ static inline_seg_link                                = ctRegex!(`(¤)(?:.+?)\.f
 static mark_internal_site_lnk                         = ctRegex!(`¤`, "mg");
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** TODO inline markup font face mod                     :inline:font:face:
+**** TODO inline markup font face mod                   :inline:font:face:
 
 #+name: prgmkup_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -1232,6 +1262,15 @@ static inline_italics_line                            = ctRegex!(`^/_ (?P<text>.
 static inline_underscore_line                         = ctRegex!(`^__ (?P<text>.+?)((?: [\\]{2}|[~]#){0,2}$)`);
 #+END_SRC
 
+**** table related
+
+#+name: prgmkup_rgx
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+/+ table delimiters +/
+static table_delimiter_col                           = ctRegex!("[ ]*[┊][ ]*", "mg"); //
+static table_delimiter_row                           = ctRegex!("[ ]*\n", "mg"); //
+#+END_SRC
+
 * +set colors for terminal+ (unused)                          :colors:terminal:
 
 #+name: ao_ansi_colors
diff --git a/org/output.org b/org/output.org
index 657b32f..1b2ee5f 100644
--- a/org/output.org
+++ b/org/output.org
@@ -776,6 +776,46 @@ auto para_seg(O)(
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
+**** poem verse
+
+#+name: xhtml_format_objects
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+auto verse(O)(                           // using code from code block, review
+  auto return ref const O    obj,
+) {
+  string _txt = obj.text;
+  _txt = (_txt)
+    .replaceAll(rgx.newline, "<br>\n")
+    .replaceAll(rgx.two_spaces, "&nbsp;" ~ "&nbsp;" ~ "&nbsp;" ~ "&nbsp;")
+    .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_and_space, "&nbsp;" ~ "&nbsp;");
+  string o;
+  if (obj.obj_cite_number.empty) {
+      o = format(q"¶  <div class="substance">
+        <p class="%s">
+%s
+      </p>
+    </div>¶",
+      obj.is_a,
+      _txt
+    );
+  } else {
+    o = format(q"¶  <div class="substance">
+      <label class="ocn"><a href="#%s" class="lnkocn">%s</a></label>
+      <p class="%s" id="%s">
+%s
+      </p>
+    </div>¶",
+      obj.obj_cite_number,
+      obj.obj_cite_number,
+      obj.is_a,
+      obj.obj_cite_number,
+      _txt
+    );
+  }
+  return o;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
 **** nugget
 
 #+name: xhtml_format_objects
@@ -831,6 +871,90 @@ auto endnote(O)(
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
+**** table
+
+***** TODO tablarize
+
+align="left|right|center"
+<td align="right">$100</td>
+
+"style=\"text-align:right\""
+"style=\"text-align:left\""
+
+"style=\"text-align:"  ~ "right\""
+
+#+name: xhtml_format_objects
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+auto tablarize(O)(
+  auto return ref const O    obj,
+  string                     _txt,
+) {
+  string[] _table_rows = (_txt).split(rgx.table_delimiter_row);
+  string[] _table_cols;
+  string _table;
+  string _tablenote;
+  foreach(row_idx, row; _table_rows) {
+    _table_cols = row.split(rgx.table_delimiter_col);
+      _table ~= "<tr>";
+      foreach(col_idx, cell; _table_cols) {
+        if ((_table_cols.length == 1)
+        && (_table_rows.length <= row_idx+2)) { // check row_idx+2 (rather than == ++row_idx)
+          _tablenote ~= cell;
+        } else {
+          string _col_is = (row_idx == 0 && obj.table_heading) ? "th" : "td";
+          string _align = ("style=\"text-align:"
+          ~ ((obj.table_column_aligns[col_idx] == "l")
+          ? "left\"" : "right\""));
+          _table ~= "<" ~ _col_is ~ " width=\"" ~ obj.table_column_widths[col_idx].to!string ~ "%\" " ~ _align ~ ">";
+          _table ~= cell;
+          _table ~= "</" ~ _col_is ~ ">";
+        }
+      }
+      _table ~= "</tr>";
+    }
+  auto t = tuple(
+    _table,
+    _tablenote,
+  );
+  return t;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** table
+
+#+name: xhtml_format_objects
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+auto table(O)(
+  auto return ref const O    obj,
+) {
+  string _txt = obj.text;
+  auto tags = _xhtml_anchor_tags(obj.anchor_tags);
+  _txt = font_face(_txt);
+  auto t = tablarize(obj, _txt);
+  _txt = t[0];
+  string _note = t[1];
+  string o;
+  o = format(q"¶  <div class="substance">
+  <label class="ocn"><a href="#%s" class="lnkocn">%s</a></label>
+  <p class="%s" id="%s">%s
+    <table summary="normal text css" width="95%%" border="0" bgcolor="white" cellpadding="2" align="center">
+      %s
+    </table>
+    %s
+  </p>
+</div>¶",
+    obj.obj_cite_number,
+    obj.obj_cite_number,
+    obj.is_a,
+    obj.obj_cite_number,
+    tags,
+    _txt,
+    _note
+  );
+  return o;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
 **** code
 
 #+name: xhtml_format_objects_code
@@ -948,7 +1072,7 @@ void scroll(D,I)(
           case "poem":
             break;
           case "verse":
-            doc_html ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
+            doc_html ~= xhtml_format.verse(obj);
             break;
           case "group":
             doc_html ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
@@ -960,7 +1084,7 @@ void scroll(D,I)(
             doc_html ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
             break;
           case "table":
-            doc_html ~= xhtml_format.para_scroll(obj, suffix);
+            doc_html ~= xhtml_format.table(obj);
             break;
           case "code":
             doc_html ~= xhtml_format.code(obj);
@@ -1182,7 +1306,7 @@ void seg(D,I)(
             case "poem":
               break;
             case "verse":
-              doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
+              doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.verse(obj);
               break;
             case "group":
               doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
@@ -1194,9 +1318,8 @@ void seg(D,I)(
               doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
               break;
             case "table":
-              auto t = xhtml_format.para_seg(obj, suffix);
-              doc_html[segment_filename] ~= t[0];
-              doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
+              doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.table(obj);
+              doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= "";
               break;
             case "code":
               doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.code(obj);
diff --git a/org/sdp.org b/org/sdp.org
index 3332107..b1ed6ba 100644
--- a/org/sdp.org
+++ b/org/sdp.org
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct Version {
   int minor;
   int patch;
 }
-enum ver = Version(0, 13, 6);
+enum ver = Version(0, 13, 7);
 #+END_SRC
 
 * 1. sdp (sisu document parser)                                         :sdp:
diff --git a/src/sdp/ao_abstract_doc_source.d b/src/sdp/ao_abstract_doc_source.d
index a277a61..de3d575 100644
--- a/src/sdp/ao_abstract_doc_source.d
+++ b/src/sdp/ao_abstract_doc_source.d
@@ -557,6 +557,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
             type["ocn_status"] = TriState.off;
           }
           continue;
+        } else if (type["quote"] == TriState.on) {
+          /+ within block object: quote +/
+          _quote_block_(line, an_object, type);
+          continue;
         /+ within block object: group +/
         } else if (type["group"] == TriState.on) {
           /+ within block object: group +/
@@ -570,13 +574,9 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           /+ within block object: poem +/
           _poem_block_(line, an_object, type, cntr, obj_cite_number_poem, dochead_make_aa);
           continue;
-        } else if (type["quote"] == TriState.on) {
-          /+ within block object: quote +/
-          _quote_block_(line, an_object, type);
-          continue;
         } else if (type["table"] == TriState.on) {
           /+ within block object: table +/
-          _table_block_(line, an_object, type);
+          _table_block_(line, an_object, type, dochead_make_aa);
           continue;
         } else {
           /+ not within a block group +/
@@ -1688,8 +1688,12 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       static assert(is(typeof(obj_cite_number_poem) == string[string]));
     }
     auto rgx = Rgx();
-    if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_code_open)) {
+    string code_block_syntax = "";
+    bool code_block_numbered = false;
+    if (auto m = line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_code_open)) {
       /+ curly code open +/
+      code_block_syntax = (m.captures[1]) ? m.captures[1].to!string : "";
+      code_block_numbered = (m.captures[2] == "#") ? true : false;
       debug(code) {                              // code (curly) open
         writefln(
           "* [code curly] %s",
@@ -1746,7 +1750,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       type["blocks"] = TriState.on;
       type["quote"] = TriState.on;
       type["curly_quote"] = TriState.on;
-    } else if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_table_open)) {
+    } else if (auto m = line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_table_open)) {
       /+ curly table open +/
       debug(table) {                             // table (curly) open
         writefln(
@@ -1754,11 +1758,22 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           line
         );
       }
-      type["blocks"]      = TriState.on;
-      type["table"]       = TriState.on;
-      type["curly_table"] = TriState.on;
-    } else if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_code_open)) {
+      an_object["table_head"]            = m.captures[1].to!string;
+      an_object["block_type"]            = "curly";
+      type["blocks"]                     = TriState.on;
+      type["table"]                      = TriState.on;
+      type["curly_table"]                = TriState.on;
+    } else if (auto m = line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_table_special_markup)) {
+      /+ table: special table block markup syntax! +/
+      an_object["table_head"]            = m.captures[1].to!string;
+      an_object["block_type"]            = "special";
+      type["blocks"]                     = TriState.on;
+      type["table"]                      = TriState.on;
+      type["curly_table_special_markup"] = TriState.on;
+    } else if (auto m = line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_code_open)) {
       /+ tic code open +/
+      code_block_syntax = (m.captures[1]) ? m.captures[1].to!string : "";
+      code_block_numbered = (m.captures[2] == "#") ? true : false;
       debug(code) {                              // code (tic) open
         writefln(
           "* [code tic] %s",
@@ -1814,7 +1829,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       type["blocks"] = TriState.on;
       type["quote"] = TriState.on;
       type["tic_quote"] = TriState.on;
-    } else if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_table_open)) {
+    } else if (auto m = line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_table_open)) {
       /+ tic table open +/
       debug(table) {                             // table (tic) open
         writefln(
@@ -1822,12 +1837,14 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           line
         );
       }
-      type["blocks"]    = TriState.on;
-      type["table"]     = TriState.on;
-      type["tic_table"] = TriState.on;
+      an_object["table_head"]            = m.captures[1].to!string;
+      an_object["block_type"]            = "tic";
+      type["blocks"]                     = TriState.on;
+      type["table"]                      = TriState.on;
+      type["tic_table"]                  = TriState.on;
     }
   }
-  void _code_block_(L,O,T)(
+  void _quote_block_(L,O,T)(
     return ref L line,
     return ref O an_object,
     return ref T type
@@ -1838,181 +1855,36 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       static assert(is(typeof(type)      == int[string]));
     }
     auto rgx = Rgx();
-    if (type["curly_code"] == TriState.on) {
-      if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_code_close)) {
-        debug(code) {                                    // code (curly) close
+    if (type["curly_quote"] == TriState.on) {
+      if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_quote_close)) {
+        debug(quote) {                              // quote (curly) close
           writeln(line);
         }
-        type["blocks"] = TriState.closing;
-        type["code"] = TriState.closing;
-        type["curly_code"] = TriState.off;
+        type["blocks"]      = TriState.closing;
+        type["quote"]       = TriState.closing;
+        type["curly_quote"] = TriState.off;
       } else {
-        debug(code) {                                    // code (curly) line
+        debug(quote) {
           writeln(line);
         }
-        an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";        // code (curly) line
+        an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";   // build quote array (or string)
       }
-    } else if (type["tic_code"] == TriState.on) {
+    } else if (type["tic_quote"] == TriState.on) {
       if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_close)) {
-        debug(code) {                                    // code (tic) close
+        debug(quote) {                              // quote (tic) close
           writeln(line);
         }
-        type["blocks"] = TriState.closing;
-        type["code"] = TriState.closing;
-        type["tic_code"] = TriState.off;
+        type["blocks"]    = TriState.closing;
+        type["quote"]     = TriState.closing;
+        type["tic_quote"] = TriState.off;
       } else {
-        debug(code) {                                    // code (tic) line
-          writeln(line);
-        }
-        an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";        // code (tic) line
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  final string biblio_tag_map(A)(A abr) {
-    debug(asserts) {
-      static assert(is(typeof(abr) == string));
-    }
-    auto btm = [
-      "au"                               : "author_raw",
-      "ed"                               : "editor_raw",
-      "ti"                               : "fulltitle",
-      "lng"                              : "language",
-      "jo"                               : "journal",
-      "vol"                              : "volume",
-      "edn"                              : "edition",
-      "yr"                               : "year",
-      "pl"                               : "place",
-      "pb"                               : "publisher",
-      "pub"                              : "publisher",
-      "pg"                               : "pages",
-      "pgs"                              : "pages",
-      "sn"                               : "short_name"
-    ];
-    return btm[abr];
-  }
-  void _biblio_block_(
-    char[]                 line,
-    return ref int[string] type,
-    return ref int         bib_entry,
-    return ref string      biblio_entry_str_json,
-    return ref string[]    biblio_arr_json
-  ) {
-    mixin SiSUbiblio;
-    auto jsn = BibJsnStr();
-    auto rgx = Rgx();
-    if (line.matchFirst(rgx.heading_biblio)) {
-      type["biblio_section"] = TriState.on;
-      type["blurb_section"] = State.off;
-      type["glossary_section"] = State.off;
-    }
-    if (line.empty) {
-      debug {
-        debug(biblioblock) {
-          writeln("---");
-        }
-        debug(biblioblockinclude) {
-          writeln(biblio_entry_str_json.length);
-        }
-      }
-      if ((bib_entry == State.off)
-      && (biblio_entry_str_json.empty)) {
-        bib_entry = State.on;
-        biblio_entry_str_json = jsn.biblio_entry_tags_jsonstr;
-      } else if (!(biblio_entry_str_json.empty)) {
-        bib_entry = State.off;
-        if (!(biblio_entry_str_json == jsn.biblio_entry_tags_jsonstr)) {
-          auto biblio_entry = parseJSON(biblio_entry_str_json);
-          if (biblio_entry["fulltitle"].str.empty) {
-            writeln("check problem entry (Title missing): ", biblio_entry_str_json);
-          } else if ((biblio_entry["author_raw"].str.empty) && (biblio_entry["editor_raw"].str.empty)) {
-            writeln("check problem entry (No author and no editor): ", biblio_entry_str_json);
-          } else {
-            biblio_arr_json ~= biblio_entry_str_json;
-          }
-          biblio_entry_str_json = jsn.biblio_entry_tags_jsonstr;
-        }
-      } else { // CHECK ERROR
-        writeln("?? 2. ERROR ", biblio_entry_str_json, "??");
-        biblio_entry_str_json = "";
-      }
-    } else if (line.matchFirst(rgx.biblio_tags)) {
-      debug(biblioblock) {
-        writeln(line);
-      }
-      auto bt = line.match(rgx.biblio_tags);
-      bib_entry = State.off;
-      st = bt.captures[1].to!string;
-      auto header_tag_value=(bt.captures[2]).to!string;
-      JSONValue j = parseJSON(biblio_entry_str_json);
-      biblio_tag_name = (st.match(rgx.biblio_abbreviations))
-        ? (biblio_tag_map(st))
-        : st;
-      j.object[biblio_tag_name] = header_tag_value;
-      debug(bibliounsortedcheckduplicates) {
-        writeln(biblio_tag_name, ": ", header_tag_value);
-        writeln("--");
-      }
-      switch (biblio_tag_name) {
-      case "author_raw": // author_arr author (fn sn)
-        j["author_arr"] =
-         header_tag_value.split(rgx.arr_delimiter);
-        string tmp;
-        biblioAuthorLoop:
-        foreach (au; j["author_arr"].array) {
-          if (auto x = au.str.match(rgx.name_delimiter)) {
-            tmp ~= x.captures[2] ~ " " ~ x.captures[1] ~ ", ";
-          } else {
-            tmp ~= au.str;
-          }
-        }
-        tmp = (tmp).replace(rgx.trailing_comma, "");
-        j["author"].str = tmp;
-        goto default;
-      case "editor_raw": // editor_arr editor (fn sn)
-        j["editor_arr"] =
-          header_tag_value.split(rgx.arr_delimiter);
-        string tmp;
-        biblioEditorLoop:
-        foreach (ed; j["editor_arr"].array) {
-          if (auto x = ed.str.match(rgx.name_delimiter)) {
-            tmp ~= x.captures[2] ~ " " ~ x.captures[1] ~ ", ";
-          } else {
-            tmp ~= ed.str;
-          }
-        }
-        tmp = (tmp).replace(rgx.trailing_comma, "");
-        j["editor"].str = tmp;
-        goto default;
-      case "fulltitle": // title & subtitle
-        goto default;
-      default:
-        break;
-      }
-      auto s = j.toString();
-      debug(biblio1) {
-        writefln(
-          "* %s: %s\n%s",
-          biblio_tag_name,
-          biblio_tag_entry,
-          j[biblio_tag_name]
-        );
-      }
-      if (line.match(rgx.comment)) {
-        writeln("ERROR", line, "COMMENT");
-        writeln("ERROR", s, "%%");
-      }
-      if (!(match(line, rgx.comment))) {
-        debug(biblioblockinclude) {
+        debug(quote) {
           writeln(line);
         }
-        biblio_entry_str_json = s;
-      } else {
-        biblio_entry_str_json = "";
+        an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";   // build quote array (or string)
       }
-      header_tag_value="";
     }
   }
-  // 
   void _group_block_(L,O,T)(
     return ref L line,
     return ref O an_object,
@@ -2114,47 +1986,50 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     auto rgx = Rgx();
     if (type["curly_poem"] == TriState.on) {
       if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_poem_close)) {
-        an_object[an_object_key]="verse";
-        debug(poem) {                               // poem (curly) close
-          writefln(
-            "* [poem curly] %s",
-            line
-          );
-        }
-        if (processing.length > 0) {
-          an_object[an_object_key] = processing["verse"];
-        }
-        debug(poem) {                               // poem (curly) close
-          writeln(__LINE__);
-          writefln(
-            "* %s %s",
-            obj_cite_number,
-            line
-          );
-        }
-        if (an_object.length > 0) {
-          debug(poem) {                             // poem (curly) close
-            writeln(
+        if (an_object_key in an_object
+        || processing.length > 0) {
+          an_object[an_object_key]                    = "";
+          debug(poem) {                               // poem (curly) close
+            writefln(
+              "* [poem curly] %s",
+              line
+            );
+          }
+          if (processing.length > 0) {
+            an_object[an_object_key] = processing["verse"];
+          }
+          debug(poem) {                               // poem (curly) close
+            writeln(__LINE__);
+            writefln(
+              "* %s %s",
               obj_cite_number,
-              an_object[an_object_key]
+              line
             );
           }
-          an_object["is"] = "verse";
-          auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
-            obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
-          an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
-          anchor_tags = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.anchor_tags];
-          comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
-          comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
-          comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
-          comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "verse";
-          comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
-          comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
-          comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
-          comp_obj_block.inline_notes_reg           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
-          comp_obj_block.inline_notes_star          = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
-          comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
-          the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
+          if (an_object.length > 0) {
+            debug(poem) {                             // poem (curly) close
+              writeln(
+                obj_cite_number,
+                an_object[an_object_key]
+              );
+            }
+            an_object["is"]                           = "verse";
+            auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
+              obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
+            an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
+            anchor_tags = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.anchor_tags];
+            comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
+            comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
+            comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
+            comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "verse";
+            comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
+            comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
+            comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
+            comp_obj_block.inline_notes_reg           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
+            comp_obj_block.inline_notes_star          = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
+            comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
+            the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
+          }
           object_reset(an_object);
           processing.remove("verse");
           ++cntr;
@@ -2185,7 +2060,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
             );
           }
           processing.remove("verse");
-          an_object["is"] = "verse";
+          an_object["is"]                           = "verse";
           auto comp_obj_location = node_construct.node_location_emitter(
             content_non_header,
             segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to,
@@ -2232,7 +2107,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
             writeln(obj_cite_number, line);
           }
           processing.remove("verse");
-          an_object["is"] = "verse";
+          an_object["is"]                           = "verse";
           auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
             obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
           an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
@@ -2277,7 +2152,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
             );
           }
           processing.remove("verse");
-          an_object["is"] = "verse";
+          an_object["is"]                           = "verse";
           auto comp_obj_location =
             node_construct.node_location_emitter(
               content_non_header,
@@ -2309,7 +2184,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       }
     }
   }
-  void _quote_block_(L,O,T)(
+  void _code_block_(L,O,T)(
     return ref L line,
     return ref O an_object,
     return ref T type
@@ -2320,40 +2195,41 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       static assert(is(typeof(type)      == int[string]));
     }
     auto rgx = Rgx();
-    if (type["curly_quote"] == TriState.on) {
-      if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_quote_close)) {
-        debug(quote) {                              // quote (curly) close
+    if (type["curly_code"] == TriState.on) {
+      if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_curly_code_close)) {
+        debug(code) {                                    // code (curly) close
           writeln(line);
         }
-        type["blocks"]      = TriState.closing;
-        type["quote"]       = TriState.closing;
-        type["curly_quote"] = TriState.off;
+        type["blocks"] = TriState.closing;
+        type["code"] = TriState.closing;
+        type["curly_code"] = TriState.off;
       } else {
-        debug(quote) {
+        debug(code) {                                    // code (curly) line
           writeln(line);
         }
-        an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";   // build quote array (or string)
+        an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";        // code (curly) line
       }
-    } else if (type["tic_quote"] == TriState.on) {
+    } else if (type["tic_code"] == TriState.on) {
       if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_close)) {
-        debug(quote) {                              // quote (tic) close
+        debug(code) {                                    // code (tic) close
           writeln(line);
         }
-        type["blocks"]    = TriState.closing;
-        type["quote"]     = TriState.closing;
-        type["tic_quote"] = TriState.off;
+        type["blocks"] = TriState.closing;
+        type["code"] = TriState.closing;
+        type["tic_code"] = TriState.off;
       } else {
-        debug(quote) {
+        debug(code) {                                    // code (tic) line
           writeln(line);
         }
-        an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";   // build quote array (or string)
+        an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";        // code (tic) line
       }
     }
   }
-  void _table_block_(L,O,T)(
+  void _table_block_(L,O,T,Ma)(
     return ref L line,
     return ref O an_object,
-    return ref T type
+    return ref T type,
+    return ref Ma dochead_make_aa
   ) {
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(line)      == char[]));
@@ -2375,6 +2251,27 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
         }
         an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";           // build table array (or string)
       }
+    } else if (type["curly_table_special_markup"] == TriState.on) {
+      if (line.empty) {
+        type["blocks"]                     = TriState.off;
+        type["table"]                      = TriState.off;
+        type["curly_table_special_markup"] = TriState.off;
+        _table_closed_make_special_notation_table_(
+          line,
+          an_object,
+          the_document_body_section,
+          obj_cite_number,
+          comp_obj_heading,
+          cntr,
+          type,
+          dochead_make_aa
+        );
+      } else {
+        debug(table) {
+          writeln(line);
+        }
+        an_object[an_object_key] ~= line ~= "\n";
+      }
     } else if (type["tic_table"] == TriState.on) {
       if (line.matchFirst(rgx.block_tic_close)) {
         debug(table) {                           // table (tic) close
@@ -2391,6 +2288,186 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       }
     }
   }
+  final string biblio_tag_map(A)(A abr) {
+    debug(asserts) {
+      static assert(is(typeof(abr) == string));
+    }
+    auto btm = [
+      "au"                               : "author_raw",
+      "ed"                               : "editor_raw",
+      "ti"                               : "fulltitle",
+      "lng"                              : "language",
+      "jo"                               : "journal",
+      "vol"                              : "volume",
+      "edn"                              : "edition",
+      "yr"                               : "year",
+      "pl"                               : "place",
+      "pb"                               : "publisher",
+      "pub"                              : "publisher",
+      "pg"                               : "pages",
+      "pgs"                              : "pages",
+      "sn"                               : "short_name"
+    ];
+    return btm[abr];
+  }
+  void _biblio_block_(
+    char[]                 line,
+    return ref int[string] type,
+    return ref int         bib_entry,
+    return ref string      biblio_entry_str_json,
+    return ref string[]    biblio_arr_json
+  ) {
+    mixin SiSUbiblio;
+    auto jsn = BibJsnStr();
+    auto rgx = Rgx();
+    if (line.matchFirst(rgx.heading_biblio)) {
+      type["biblio_section"] = TriState.on;
+      type["blurb_section"] = State.off;
+      type["glossary_section"] = State.off;
+    }
+    if (line.empty) {
+      debug {
+        debug(biblioblock) {
+          writeln("---");
+        }
+        debug(biblioblockinclude) {
+          writeln(biblio_entry_str_json.length);
+        }
+      }
+      if ((bib_entry == State.off)
+      && (biblio_entry_str_json.empty)) {
+        bib_entry = State.on;
+        biblio_entry_str_json = jsn.biblio_entry_tags_jsonstr;
+      } else if (!(biblio_entry_str_json.empty)) {
+        bib_entry = State.off;
+        if (!(biblio_entry_str_json == jsn.biblio_entry_tags_jsonstr)) {
+          auto biblio_entry = parseJSON(biblio_entry_str_json);
+          if (biblio_entry["fulltitle"].str.empty) {
+            writeln("check problem entry (Title missing): ", biblio_entry_str_json);
+          } else if ((biblio_entry["author_raw"].str.empty) && (biblio_entry["editor_raw"].str.empty)) {
+            writeln("check problem entry (No author and no editor): ", biblio_entry_str_json);
+          } else {
+            biblio_arr_json ~= biblio_entry_str_json;
+          }
+          biblio_entry_str_json = jsn.biblio_entry_tags_jsonstr;
+        }
+      } else { // CHECK ERROR
+        writeln("?? 2. ERROR ", biblio_entry_str_json, "??");
+        biblio_entry_str_json = "";
+      }
+    } else if (line.matchFirst(rgx.biblio_tags)) {
+      debug(biblioblock) {
+        writeln(line);
+      }
+      auto bt = line.match(rgx.biblio_tags);
+      bib_entry = State.off;
+      st = bt.captures[1].to!string;
+      auto header_tag_value=(bt.captures[2]).to!string;
+      JSONValue j = parseJSON(biblio_entry_str_json);
+      biblio_tag_name = (st.match(rgx.biblio_abbreviations))
+        ? (biblio_tag_map(st))
+        : st;
+      j.object[biblio_tag_name] = header_tag_value;
+      debug(bibliounsortedcheckduplicates) {
+        writeln(biblio_tag_name, ": ", header_tag_value);
+        writeln("--");
+      }
+      switch (biblio_tag_name) {
+      case "author_raw": // author_arr author (fn sn)
+        j["author_arr"] =
+         header_tag_value.split(rgx.arr_delimiter);
+        string tmp;
+        biblioAuthorLoop:
+        foreach (au; j["author_arr"].array) {
+          if (auto x = au.str.match(rgx.name_delimiter)) {
+            tmp ~= x.captures[2] ~ " " ~ x.captures[1] ~ ", ";
+          } else {
+            tmp ~= au.str;
+          }
+        }
+        tmp = (tmp).replace(rgx.trailing_comma, "");
+        j["author"].str = tmp;
+        goto default;
+      case "editor_raw": // editor_arr editor (fn sn)
+        j["editor_arr"] =
+          header_tag_value.split(rgx.arr_delimiter);
+        string tmp;
+        biblioEditorLoop:
+        foreach (ed; j["editor_arr"].array) {
+          if (auto x = ed.str.match(rgx.name_delimiter)) {
+            tmp ~= x.captures[2] ~ " " ~ x.captures[1] ~ ", ";
+          } else {
+            tmp ~= ed.str;
+          }
+        }
+        tmp = (tmp).replace(rgx.trailing_comma, "");
+        j["editor"].str = tmp;
+        goto default;
+      case "fulltitle": // title & subtitle
+        goto default;
+      default:
+        break;
+      }
+      auto s = j.toString();
+      debug(biblio1) {
+        writefln(
+          "* %s: %s\n%s",
+          biblio_tag_name,
+          biblio_tag_entry,
+          j[biblio_tag_name]
+        );
+      }
+      if (line.match(rgx.comment)) {
+        writeln("ERROR", line, "COMMENT");
+        writeln("ERROR", s, "%%");
+      }
+      if (!(match(line, rgx.comment))) {
+        debug(biblioblockinclude) {
+          writeln(line);
+        }
+        biblio_entry_str_json = s;
+      } else {
+        biblio_entry_str_json = "";
+      }
+      header_tag_value="";
+    }
+  }
+  // 
+  void _table_closed_make_special_notation_table_(
+    char[]                           line,
+    return ref string[string]        an_object,
+    return ref ObjGenericComposite[] the_document_body_section,
+    return ref int                   obj_cite_number,
+    return ref ObjGenericComposite   _comp_obj_heading,
+    return ref int                   cntr,
+    return ref int[string]           type,
+    string[string][string]           dochead_make_aa,
+  ) {
+      comp_obj_block = comp_obj_block.init;
+      obj_cite_number =
+        ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
+      auto comp_obj_location =
+        node_construct.node_location_emitter(
+          content_non_header,
+          segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to,
+          obj_cite_number,
+          cntr,
+          heading_ptr-1,
+          "table"
+        );
+      an_object["is"] = "table";
+      auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
+        obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, "body_nugget", dochead_make_aa);
+      an_object["substantive"]         = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
+      comp_obj_block.ocn               = obj_cite_number;
+      comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number   = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
+      comp_obj_block                   = table_instructions(comp_obj_block, an_object["table_head"]);
+      comp_obj_block                   = table_substantive_munge_special(comp_obj_block, an_object["substantive"]);
+      the_document_body_section        ~= comp_obj_block;
+      object_reset(an_object);
+      processing.remove("verse");
+      ++cntr;
+  }
   void _block_flag_line_empty_(B)(
     B                                   bookindex_extract_hash,
     char[]                              line,
@@ -2414,7 +2491,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       "code block status: closed"
     );
     assertions_flag_types_block_status_none_or_closed(type);
-    if (type["group"] == TriState.closing) {
+    if (type["quote"] == TriState.closing) {
       obj_cite_number =
         ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
       an_object["bookindex_nugget"] =
@@ -2425,7 +2502,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           obj_cite_number,
           segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to
         );
-      an_object["is"] = "group";
+      an_object["is"] = "quote";
       auto comp_obj_location =
         node_construct.node_location_emitter(
           content_non_header,
@@ -2442,7 +2519,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
       comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
       comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
-      comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "group";
+      comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "quote";
       comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
       comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
       comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
@@ -2451,12 +2528,13 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
       the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
       type["blocks"]                            = TriState.off;
-      type["group"]                             = TriState.off;
+      type["table"]                             = TriState.off;
       object_reset(an_object);
       processing.remove("verse");
       ++cntr;
-    } else if (type["block"] == TriState.closing) {
-      obj_cite_number = ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
+    } else if (type["group"] == TriState.closing) {
+      obj_cite_number =
+        ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
       an_object["bookindex_nugget"] =
         ("bookindex_nugget" in an_object) ? an_object["bookindex_nugget"] : "";
       bookindex_unordered_hashes =
@@ -2465,7 +2543,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           obj_cite_number,
           segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to
         );
-      an_object["is"] = "block";
+      an_object["is"] = "group";
       auto comp_obj_location =
         node_construct.node_location_emitter(
           content_non_header,
@@ -2474,7 +2552,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           cntr,
           heading_ptr-1,
           an_object["is"]
-         );
+        );
       auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
         obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
       an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
@@ -2482,7 +2560,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
       comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
       comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
-      comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "block";
+      comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "group";
       comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
       comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
       comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
@@ -2491,13 +2569,12 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
       the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
       type["blocks"]                            = TriState.off;
-      type["block"]                             = TriState.off;
+      type["group"]                             = TriState.off;
       object_reset(an_object);
       processing.remove("verse");
       ++cntr;
-    } else if (type["code"] == TriState.closing) {
-      obj_cite_number =
-        ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
+    } else if (type["block"] == TriState.closing) {
+      obj_cite_number = ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
       an_object["bookindex_nugget"] =
         ("bookindex_nugget" in an_object) ? an_object["bookindex_nugget"] : "";
       bookindex_unordered_hashes =
@@ -2506,7 +2583,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           obj_cite_number,
           segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to
         );
-      an_object["is"] = "code";
+      an_object["is"] = "block";
       auto comp_obj_location =
         node_construct.node_location_emitter(
           content_non_header,
@@ -2515,24 +2592,24 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           cntr,
           heading_ptr-1,
           an_object["is"]
-        );
+         );
       auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
         obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
       an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
       anchor_tags = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.anchor_tags];
-      comp_obj_code                             = comp_obj_code.init;
-      comp_obj_code.use                         = "body";
-      comp_obj_code.is_of                       = "block";
-      comp_obj_code.is_a                        = "code";
-      comp_obj_code.ocn                         = obj_cite_number;
-      comp_obj_code.obj_cite_number             = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
-      comp_obj_code.text                        = an_object["substantive"];
-      comp_obj_code.inline_notes_reg            = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
-      comp_obj_code.inline_notes_star           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
-      comp_obj_code.inline_links                = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
-      the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_code;
+      comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
+      comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
+      comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
+      comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "block";
+      comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
+      comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
+      comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
+      comp_obj_block.inline_notes_reg           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
+      comp_obj_block.inline_notes_star          = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
+      comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
+      the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
       type["blocks"]                            = TriState.off;
-      type["code"]                              = TriState.off;
+      type["block"]                             = TriState.off;
       object_reset(an_object);
       processing.remove("verse");
       ++cntr;
@@ -2545,7 +2622,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           obj_cite_number,
           segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to
         );
-      an_object["is"] = "verse"; // check also
+      an_object["is"]                               = "verse";
       auto comp_obj_location =
         node_construct.node_location_emitter(
           content_non_header,
@@ -2567,7 +2644,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       type["poem"]                              = TriState.off;
       object_reset(an_object);
       processing.remove("verse");
-    } else if (type["quote"] == TriState.closing) {
+    } else if (type["code"] == TriState.closing) {
       obj_cite_number =
         ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
       an_object["bookindex_nugget"] =
@@ -2578,7 +2655,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           obj_cite_number,
           segment_anchor_tag_that_object_belongs_to
         );
-      an_object["is"] = "quote";
+      an_object["is"] = "code";
       auto comp_obj_location =
         node_construct.node_location_emitter(
           content_non_header,
@@ -2589,26 +2666,27 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           an_object["is"]
         );
       auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
-        obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa); // ...
-      an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content]; // ...
+        obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
+      an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
       anchor_tags = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.anchor_tags];
-      comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
-      comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
-      comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
-      comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "quote";
-      comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
-      comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
-      comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
-      comp_obj_block.inline_notes_reg           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
-      comp_obj_block.inline_notes_star          = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
-      comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
-      the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
+      comp_obj_code                             = comp_obj_code.init;
+      comp_obj_code.use                         = "body";
+      comp_obj_code.is_of                       = "block";
+      comp_obj_code.is_a                        = "code";
+      comp_obj_code.ocn                         = obj_cite_number;
+      comp_obj_code.obj_cite_number             = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
+      comp_obj_code.text                        = an_object["substantive"];
+      comp_obj_code.inline_notes_reg            = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
+      comp_obj_code.inline_notes_star           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
+      comp_obj_code.inline_links                = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
+      the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_code;
+      type["blocks"]                            = TriState.off;
+      type["code"]                              = TriState.off;
       object_reset(an_object);
       processing.remove("verse");
       ++cntr;
-      type["blocks"] = TriState.off;
-      type["quote"] = TriState.off;
     } else if (type["table"] == TriState.closing) {
+      comp_obj_block = comp_obj_block.init;
       obj_cite_number =
         ocn_emit(type["ocn_status"]);
       an_object["bookindex_nugget"] =
@@ -2632,17 +2710,11 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       auto substantive_obj_misc_tuple =
         obj_im.obj_inline_markup_and_anchor_tags_and_misc(an_object, an_object_key, dochead_make_aa);
       an_object["substantive"] = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.content];
-      anchor_tags = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.anchor_tags];
       comp_obj_block                            = comp_obj_block.init;
-      comp_obj_block.use                        = "body";
-      comp_obj_block.is_of                      = "block";
-      comp_obj_block.is_a                       = "table";
       comp_obj_block.ocn                        = obj_cite_number;
       comp_obj_block.obj_cite_number            = (obj_cite_number==0) ? "" : obj_cite_number.to!string;
-      comp_obj_block.text                       = an_object["substantive"];
-      comp_obj_block.inline_notes_reg           = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_reg];
-      comp_obj_block.inline_notes_star          = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.notes_star];
-      comp_obj_block.inline_links               = substantive_obj_misc_tuple[sObj.links];
+      comp_obj_block = table_instructions(comp_obj_block, an_object["table_head"]);
+      comp_obj_block = table_substantive_munge(comp_obj_block, an_object["substantive"]);
       the_document_body_section                 ~= comp_obj_block;
       type["blocks"]                            = TriState.off;
       type["table"]                             = TriState.off;
@@ -3092,6 +3164,203 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     }
     return textline;
   }
+  auto table_instructions(O,H)(
+    return ref O  table_object,
+    return ref H  table_head,
+  ) {
+    auto rgx = Rgx();
+    table_object.use               = "body";
+    table_object.is_of             = "block";
+    table_object.is_a              = "table";
+    table_object.inline_notes_reg  = false;
+    table_object.inline_notes_star = false;
+    table_object.inline_links      = false;
+    if (auto m = table_head.matchFirst(rgx.table_head_instructions)) {
+      table_object.table_heading = ((m["c_heading"].length > 0) && (m["c_heading"] == "h")) ? true : false;
+      table_object.table_number_of_columns = ((m["c_num"].length > 0) && (m["c_num"].to!int > 0)) ? m["c_num"].to!int : 0; // double check, may be obsolete
+      foreach (cw; m["c_widths"].matchAll(rgx.table_col_widths)) {
+        auto x = cw.hit.matchFirst(rgx.table_col_widths_and_alignment);
+        table_object.table_column_widths ~= x["width"].to!int;
+        table_object.table_column_aligns ~= (x["align"].empty) ? "" : x["align"];
+      }
+    }
+    return table_object;
+  }
+  auto table_array_munge(O,T)(
+    return ref O  table_object,
+    return ref T  table_array,
+  ) {
+    auto rgx = Rgx();
+    auto mng = InlineMarkup();
+    string _table_substantive;
+    ulong col_num;
+    ulong col_num_;
+    ulong col_num_chk = 0;
+    foreach(idx_r, row; table_array) {
+      debug(table_dev) {
+        writeln("row ", idx_r);
+      }
+      col_num_ = 0;
+      if (col_num == 0
+      || col_num < row.length) {
+        col_num = row.length;
+      }
+      if (col_num_chk == 0) {
+        col_num_chk = col_num;
+      } else if (col_num == 1) {
+        debug(table_dev) {
+          writeln("table note: ");
+        }
+      } else if (col_num_chk != col_num) {
+        debug(table_dev) {
+          writeln("warning irregular number of columns: ", col_num_chk, " != ", col_num);
+        }
+      } else {
+      }
+      foreach(idx_c, col; row) {
+        debug(table_dev) {
+          write(idx_c, ", ");
+        }
+        col_num_ = idx_c;
+        _table_substantive ~= col ~ mng.tc_s;
+        if (idx_r == 0 && comp_obj_block.table_heading) {
+        } else if (idx_r == 1 && col.match(rgx.numeric_col)) {
+          if ((comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns.length > idx_c)
+          && (comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c].matchFirst(rgx.table_col_align_match))) {
+            comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c]
+              = comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c];
+          } else if (comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns.length > idx_c) {
+            comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c] = "r";
+          } else {
+            comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns ~= "r";
+          }
+        } else if (idx_r == 1) {
+          if ((comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns.length > idx_c)
+          && (comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c].matchFirst(rgx.table_col_align_match))) {
+            comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c]
+              = comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c];
+          } else if (comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns.length > idx_c) {
+            comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns[idx_c] = "l";
+          } else {
+            comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns ~= "l";
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      debug(table_dev) {
+        writeln("");
+      }
+      if (col_num_chk > 0 && (col_num != col_num_chk)) {
+      } else if (col_num == col_num_chk){
+      } else {
+        col_num_chk = col_num;
+      }
+      _table_substantive = _table_substantive.replaceFirst(rgx.table_col_separator_nl, "\n");
+    }
+    if (comp_obj_block.table_number_of_columns != col_num) {
+      if (comp_obj_block.table_number_of_columns == 0) {
+        comp_obj_block.table_number_of_columns = (col_num).to!int;
+      } else {
+        debug(table_dev) {
+          writeln(comp_obj_block.table_number_of_columns, " != ", col_num);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (table_object.table_number_of_columns == 0
+    && table_object.table_column_widths.length > 0) {
+        writeln(__LINE__, " ERROR");
+    }
+    if (table_object.table_number_of_columns > 0
+    && table_object.table_column_widths.length == 0) {
+      double col_w = (100.00 / table_object.table_number_of_columns);
+      foreach (i; 0..table_object.table_number_of_columns) {
+        table_object.table_column_widths ~= col_w;
+      }
+    } else if (table_object.table_number_of_columns
+    != table_object.table_column_widths.length) {
+      debug(table_dev) {
+        writeln(m.hit); // further logic required
+      }
+      if (table_object.table_number_of_columns > table_object.table_column_widths.length) {
+        double col_w = (100.00 - (table_object.table_column_widths).sum)
+          / (table_object.table_number_of_columns - table_object.table_column_widths.length);
+        foreach (i; 0..table_object.table_column_widths.length) {
+          table_object.table_column_widths ~= col_w;
+        }
+        foreach (i; 0..(table_object.table_number_of_columns - table_object.table_column_widths.length)) {
+          table_object.table_column_widths ~= col_w;
+        }
+      } else if (table_object.table_number_of_columns < table_object.table_column_widths.length) {
+        writeln(__LINE__, " warning, ERROR");
+      }
+    }
+    if (table_object.table_column_widths.sum > 101
+    || table_object.table_column_widths.sum < 95 ) {
+      writeln("sum: ", table_object.table_column_widths.sum,
+        ", array: ", table_object.table_column_widths,
+        ", cols: ", table_object.table_number_of_columns);
+      writeln(_table_substantive);
+    }
+    debug(table_res) {
+      writeln("aligns: ", comp_obj_block.table_column_aligns, "\n",
+        "no. of columns: ", comp_obj_block.table_number_of_columns, "\n",
+        "col widths: ", comp_obj_block.table_column_widths,
+          " sum: ", comp_obj_block.table_column_widths.sum, "\n",
+        _table_substantive);
+    }
+    comp_obj_block.text = _table_substantive;
+    return table_object;
+  }
+  auto table_array_munge_open_close(O,T)(
+    return ref O  table_object,
+    return ref T  table_array,
+  ) {
+    auto rgx = Rgx();
+    auto mng = InlineMarkup();
+    string _table_substantive;
+    foreach(row; table_array) {
+      foreach(col; row) {
+        _table_substantive ~= mng.tc_o ~ col ~ mng.tc_c;
+      }
+      _table_substantive ~= "\n";
+    }
+    debug(table_dev) {
+      writeln(_table_substantive);
+    }
+    comp_obj_block.text = _table_substantive;
+    return table_object;
+  }
+  auto table_substantive_munge(O,T)(
+    return ref O  table_object,
+    return ref T  table_substantive,
+  ) {
+    auto rgx = Rgx();
+    auto munge = ObjInlineMarkupMunge();
+    string[] _table_rows = (table_substantive).split(rgx.table_row_delimiter);
+    string[] _table_cols;
+    string[][] _table;
+    foreach(col; _table_rows) {
+      _table_cols = col.split(rgx.table_col_delimiter);
+      _table ~= _table_cols;
+    }
+    table_object = table_array_munge(table_object, _table);
+    return table_object;
+  }
+  auto table_substantive_munge_special(O,T)(
+    return ref O  table_object,
+    return ref T  table_substantive,
+  ) {
+    auto rgx = Rgx();
+    auto munge = ObjInlineMarkupMunge();
+    string[] _table_rows = (table_substantive).split(rgx.table_row_delimiter_special);
+    string[] _table_cols;
+    string[][] _table;
+    foreach(col; _table_rows) {
+      _table_cols = col.split(rgx.table_col_delimiter_special);
+      _table ~= _table_cols;
+    }
+    table_object = table_array_munge(table_object, _table);
+    return table_object;
+  }
   /+ abstraction functions ↑ +/
   /+ ↓ abstraction function emitters +/
   struct OCNemitter {
@@ -3252,10 +3521,11 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
         rgx.inline_notes_curly_sp_asterisk,
         (mkup.en_a_o ~ "*" ~ " $1" ~ mkup.en_a_c)
       );
-      obj_txt_in = obj_txt_in.replaceAll(
-        rgx.inline_notes_curly_sp_plus,
-        (mkup.en_a_o ~ "+" ~ " $1" ~ mkup.en_a_c)
-      );
+      obj_txt_in =
+        obj_txt_in.replaceAll(
+          rgx.inline_notes_curly_sp_plus,
+          (mkup.en_a_o ~ "+" ~ " $1" ~ mkup.en_a_c)
+        );
       /+ url matched +/
       if (obj_txt_in.match(rgx.inline_url)) {
         urls = true;
@@ -3331,6 +3601,18 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       }
       return t;
     }
+    string munge_quote(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+    in {
+      debug(asserts) {
+        static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
+      }
+    }
+    body {
+      obj_txt["munge"]=obj_txt_in;
+      return obj_txt["munge"];
+    }
+    invariant() {
+    }
     auto munge_group(string obj_txt_in)
     in { }
     body {
@@ -3373,7 +3655,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       }
     }
     body {
-      obj_txt_in = (obj_txt_in).replaceAll(rgx.two_spaces, mkup.nbsp ~ mkup.nbsp);
+      obj_txt_in = (obj_txt_in).replaceAll(rgx.space, mkup.nbsp);
       obj_txt["munge"] = obj_txt_in;
       return obj_txt["munge"];
     }
@@ -3391,18 +3673,6 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     }
     invariant() {
     }
-    string munge_quote(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
-    in {
-      debug(asserts) {
-        static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
-      }
-    }
-    body {
-      obj_txt["munge"]=obj_txt_in;
-      return obj_txt["munge"];
-    }
-    invariant() {
-    }
     string munge_comment(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
     in {
       debug(asserts) {
@@ -4018,7 +4288,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     }
     invariant() {
     }
-    string _group(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+    string _quote(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
     in {
       debug(asserts) {
         static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -4027,12 +4297,12 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     body {
       _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
       ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-      ~ " \"is\": \"group\"";
+      ~ " \"is\": \"quote\"";
       return _obj_attributes;
     }
     invariant() {
     }
-    string _block(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+    string _group(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
     in {
       debug(asserts) {
         static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -4041,12 +4311,12 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     body {
       _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
       ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-      ~ " \"is\": \"block\"";
+      ~ " \"is\": \"group\"";
       return _obj_attributes;
     }
     invariant() {
     }
-    string _verse(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+    string _block(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
     in {
       debug(asserts) {
         static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -4055,12 +4325,12 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     body {
       _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
       ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-      ~ " \"is\": \"verse\"";
+      ~ " \"is\": \"block\"";
       return _obj_attributes;
     }
     invariant() {
     }
-    string _code(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+    string _verse(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
     in {
       debug(asserts) {
         static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -4069,12 +4339,12 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     body {
       _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
       ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-      ~ " \"is\": \"code\"";
+      ~ " \"is\": \"verse\"";
       return _obj_attributes;
     }
     invariant() {
     }
-    string _table(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+    string _code(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
     in {
       debug(asserts) {
         static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -4083,12 +4353,12 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     body {
       _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
       ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-      ~ " \"is\": \"table\"";
+      ~ " \"is\": \"code\"";
       return _obj_attributes;
     }
     invariant() {
     }
-    string _quote(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
+    string _table(Ot)(Ot obj_txt_in)
     in {
       debug(asserts) {
         static assert(is(typeof(obj_txt_in) == string));
@@ -4097,7 +4367,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     body {
       _obj_attributes = " \"use\": \"content\","
       ~ " \"of\": \"block\","
-      ~ " \"is\": \"quote\"";
+      ~ " \"is\": \"table\"";
       return _obj_attributes;
     }
     invariant() {
diff --git a/src/sdp/ao_defaults.d b/src/sdp/ao_defaults.d
index b6a3eb9..846a7d2 100644
--- a/src/sdp/ao_defaults.d
+++ b/src/sdp/ao_defaults.d
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ template SiSUrgxInitFlags() {
       "curly_block"                : 0,
       "curly_quote"                : 0,
       "curly_table"                : 0,
+      "curly_table_special_markup" : 0,
       "tic_code"                   : 0,
       "tic_poem"                   : 0,
       "tic_group"                  : 0,
@@ -389,6 +390,10 @@ template InternalMarkup() {
     auto br_page_line = "┼";                                              // "▭";
     auto br_page = "┿";                                                   // "┼";
     auto br_page_new = "╂";                                               // "╋";
+    auto tc_s = "┊";                                                      // "┴"; //"『"; // "┏" ┓
+    auto tc_o = "┏"; //"『"; // "┏" ┓
+    auto tc_c = "┚"; // "』"; // "┚"  table row mark #Mx[:tc_c]="』\n"
+    auto tc_p = "┆";   // table col/misc mark
     string indent_by_spaces_provided(int indent) {
       auto _indent_spaces ="░░";   // auto nbsp = "░";
       _indent_spaces = replicate(_indent_spaces, indent);
diff --git a/src/sdp/ao_object_setter.d b/src/sdp/ao_object_setter.d
index 698c39e..f09e64d 100644
--- a/src/sdp/ao_object_setter.d
+++ b/src/sdp/ao_object_setter.d
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ template ObjectSetter() {
     bool                   inline_links                 = false;
     bool                   inline_notes_reg             = false;
     bool                   inline_notes_star            = false;
-    string                 syntax                       = "";
+    string                 language                     = ""; // not implemented, consider
+    string                 code_block_syntax            = "";
+    int                    table_number_of_columns      = 0;
+    double[]               table_column_widths          = [];
+    string[]               table_column_aligns          = [];
+    bool                   table_heading                = false;
+    bool                   table_walls                  = false; // not implemented
     int                    ocn                          = 0;
     string                 segment_anchor_tag           = "";
     string                 segname_prev                 = "";
diff --git a/src/sdp/ao_rgx.d b/src/sdp/ao_rgx.d
index 109b0cf..deef9c6 100644
--- a/src/sdp/ao_rgx.d
+++ b/src/sdp/ao_rgx.d
@@ -24,9 +24,15 @@ template SiSUrgxInit() {
     static newline_eol_delimiter_only                     = ctRegex!("^\n");
     static line_delimiter_ws_strip                        = ctRegex!("[ ]*\n[ ]*");
     static para_delimiter                                 = ctRegex!("\n[ ]*\n+");
+    static table_col_delimiter                            = ctRegex!("[ ]*\n+", "mg");
+    static table_row_delimiter                            = ctRegex!("\n[ ]*\n+", "mg");
+    static table_row_delimiter_special                    = ctRegex!("[ ]*\n", "mg"); //
+    static table_col_delimiter_special                    = ctRegex!("[ ]*[|][ ]*", "mg"); //
     static levels_markup                                  = ctRegex!(`^[A-D1-4]$`);
     static levels_numbered                                = ctRegex!(`^[0-9]$`);
     static levels_numbered_headings                       = ctRegex!(`^[0-7]$`);
+    static numeric                                        = ctRegex!(`[ 0-9,.-]+`);
+    static numeric_col                                    = ctRegex!(`^[ 0-9,.$£₤Є€€¥-]+$`);
     /+ comments +/
     static comment                                        = ctRegex!(`^%+ `);
     static comments                                       = ctRegex!(`^%+ |^%+$`);
@@ -80,20 +86,20 @@ template SiSUrgxInit() {
     static para_indent_hang                               = ctRegex!(`^_([0-9])_([0-9]) `);
     static para_attribs                                   = ctRegex!(`^_(?:(?:[0-9])(?:_([0-9]))?|(?:[1-9])?[*]) `);
     /+ blocked markup +/
-    static block_open                                     = ctRegex!("^((code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)[{].*?$)|^`{3} (code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)");
+    static block_open                                     = ctRegex!("^((code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)[{].*?$)|^`{3} (code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)|^[{]table(~h)?(?P<columns>(?:[ ]+[0-9]+;)+)[}]");
     static block_poem_open                                = ctRegex!("^((poem[{].*?$)|`{3} poem)");
     /+ blocked markup tics +/
     static block_tic_open                                 = ctRegex!("^`{3} (code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)");
-    static block_tic_code_open                            = ctRegex!("^`{3} (code)([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?");
+    static block_tic_code_open                            = ctRegex!("^`{3} (?:code)(?:[.]([a-z][0-9a-z_]+))?(?:[ ]+([#]))?");
     static block_tic_poem_open                            = ctRegex!("^`{3} (poem)");
     static block_tic_group_open                           = ctRegex!("^`{3} (group)");
     static block_tic_block_open                           = ctRegex!("^`{3} (block)");
     static block_tic_quote_open                           = ctRegex!("^`{3} (quote)");
-    static block_tic_table_open                           = ctRegex!("^`{3} (table)");
+    static block_tic_table_open                           = ctRegex!("^`{3} table(.*)");
     static block_tic_close                                = ctRegex!("^(`{3})$","m");
     /+ blocked markup curly +/
     static block_curly_open                               = ctRegex!(`^((code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?|poem|group|block|quote|table)[{].*?$)`);
-    static block_curly_code_open                          = ctRegex!(`^(code([.][a-z][0-9a-z_]+)?[{](.*?)$)`);
+    static block_curly_code_open                          = ctRegex!(`^(?:code(?:[.]([a-z][0-9a-z_]+))?[{]([#]?)\s*$)`);
     static block_curly_code_close                         = ctRegex!(`^([}]code)`);
     static block_curly_poem_open                          = ctRegex!(`^(poem[{].*?$)`);
     static block_curly_poem_close                         = ctRegex!(`^([}]poem)`);
@@ -103,8 +109,16 @@ template SiSUrgxInit() {
     static block_curly_block_close                        = ctRegex!(`^([}]block)`);
     static block_curly_quote_open                         = ctRegex!(`^(quote[{].*?$)`);
     static block_curly_quote_close                        = ctRegex!(`^([}]quote)`);
-    static block_curly_table_open                         = ctRegex!(`^(table[{].*?$)`);
+    static block_curly_table_open                         = ctRegex!(`^table[{](.*)`);
     static block_curly_table_close                        = ctRegex!(`^([}]table)`);
+    static block_curly_table_special_markup               = ctRegex!(`^[{]table((~h)?(?P<columns>(?:[ ]+[0-9]+;)+))[}]`, "mg"); // sepcial table block markup
+    static table_head_instructions                        = ctRegex!(`(?P<c_heading>h)?(?:[ ]+c(?P<c_num>[0-9]);)?(?P<c_widths>(?:[ ]+[0-9]+[lr]?;)+)`);
+    static table_col_widths_and_alignment                 = ctRegex!(`(?P<width>[0-9]+)(?P<align>[lr]?)`);
+    static table_col_widths                               = ctRegex!(`(?P<widths>[0-9]+)`);
+    static table_col_align                                = ctRegex!(`(?P<align>[lr]?)`);
+    static table_col_align_match                          = ctRegex!(`(?P<align>[lr])`);
+    static table_col_separator                            = ctRegex!(`┊`);
+    static table_col_separator_nl                         = ctRegex!(`[┊]$`, "mg");
     /+ inline markup footnotes endnotes +/
     static inline_notes_curly_gen                         = ctRegex!(`~\{.+?\}~`, "m");
     static inline_notes_curly                             = ctRegex!(`~\{\s*(.+?)\}~`, "mg");
@@ -173,6 +187,8 @@ template SiSUrgxInit() {
     static space                                          = ctRegex!(`[ ]`, "mg");
     static two_spaces                                     = ctRegex!(`[ ]{2}`, "mg");
     static nbsp_char                                      = ctRegex!(`░`, "mg");
+    static nbsp_and_space                                 = ctRegex!(`&nbsp;[ ]`, "mg");
+    static nbsp_char_and_space                            = ctRegex!(`░[ ]`, "mg");
     static src_pth                                        = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]ss[tm])$`);
     static src_fn                                         =
       ctRegex!(`^([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*(?P<fn_src>(?P<fn_base>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)[.](?P<fn_src_suffix>ss[tm]))$`);
@@ -219,5 +235,8 @@ template SiSUrgxInit() {
     static inline_bold_line                               = ctRegex!(`^!_ (?P<text>.+?)((?: [\\]{2}|[~]#){0,2}$)`);
     static inline_italics_line                            = ctRegex!(`^/_ (?P<text>.+?)((?: [\\]{2}|[~]#){0,2}$)`);
     static inline_underscore_line                         = ctRegex!(`^__ (?P<text>.+?)((?: [\\]{2}|[~]#){0,2}$)`);
+    /+ table delimiters +/
+    static table_delimiter_col                           = ctRegex!("[ ]*[┊][ ]*", "mg"); //
+    static table_delimiter_row                           = ctRegex!("[ ]*\n", "mg"); //
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/sdp/defaults.d b/src/sdp/defaults.d
index 7fac739..a6520a3 100644
--- a/src/sdp/defaults.d
+++ b/src/sdp/defaults.d
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ template InternalMarkup() {
     auto br_page_line = "┼";                                              // "▭";
     auto br_page = "┿";                                                   // "┼";
     auto br_page_new = "╂";                                               // "╋";
+    auto tc_s = "┊";                                                      // "┴"; //"『"; // "┏" ┓
+    auto tc_o = "┏"; //"『"; // "┏" ┓
+    auto tc_c = "┚"; // "』"; // "┚"  table row mark #Mx[:tc_c]="』\n"
+    auto tc_p = "┆";   // table col/misc mark
     string indent_by_spaces_provided(int indent) {
       auto _indent_spaces ="░░";   // auto nbsp = "░";
       _indent_spaces = replicate(_indent_spaces, indent);
diff --git a/src/sdp/output_html.d b/src/sdp/output_html.d
index 6d4e0c5..a05812f 100644
--- a/src/sdp/output_html.d
+++ b/src/sdp/output_html.d
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
             case "poem":
               break;
             case "verse":
-              doc_html ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
+              doc_html ~= xhtml_format.verse(obj);
               break;
             case "group":
               doc_html ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
               doc_html ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
               break;
             case "table":
-              doc_html ~= xhtml_format.para_scroll(obj, suffix);
+              doc_html ~= xhtml_format.table(obj);
               break;
             case "code":
               doc_html ~= xhtml_format.code(obj);
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
               case "poem":
                 break;
               case "verse":
-                doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
+                doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.verse(obj);
                 break;
               case "group":
                 doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
@@ -316,9 +316,8 @@ template outputHTML() {
                 doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.nugget(obj);
                 break;
               case "table":
-                auto t = xhtml_format.para_seg(obj, suffix);
-                doc_html[segment_filename] ~= t[0];
-                doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
+                doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.table(obj);
+                doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= "";
                 break;
               case "code":
                 doc_html[segment_filename] ~= xhtml_format.code(obj);
diff --git a/src/sdp/output_rgx.d b/src/sdp/output_rgx.d
index e056b70..3abd76a 100644
--- a/src/sdp/output_rgx.d
+++ b/src/sdp/output_rgx.d
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ template SiSUoutputRgxInit() {
     static space                                          = ctRegex!(`[ ]`, "mg");
     static two_spaces                                     = ctRegex!(`[ ]{2}`, "mg");
     static nbsp_char                                      = ctRegex!(`░`, "mg");
+    static nbsp_and_space                                 = ctRegex!(`&nbsp;[ ]`, "mg");
+    static nbsp_char_and_space                            = ctRegex!(`░[ ]`, "mg");
     static src_pth                                        = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]ss[tm])$`);
     static src_fn                                         =
       ctRegex!(`^([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*(?P<fn_src>(?P<fn_base>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)[.](?P<fn_src_suffix>ss[tm]))$`);
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@ template SiSUoutputRgxInit() {
     static inline_bold_line                               = ctRegex!(`^!_ (?P<text>.+?)((?: [\\]{2}|[~]#){0,2}$)`);
     static inline_italics_line                            = ctRegex!(`^/_ (?P<text>.+?)((?: [\\]{2}|[~]#){0,2}$)`);
     static inline_underscore_line                         = ctRegex!(`^__ (?P<text>.+?)((?: [\\]{2}|[~]#){0,2}$)`);
+    /+ table delimiters +/
+    static table_delimiter_col                           = ctRegex!("[ ]*[┊][ ]*", "mg"); //
+    static table_delimiter_row                           = ctRegex!("[ ]*\n", "mg"); //
     static xhtml_ampersand                            = ctRegex!(`[&]`);      // &amp;
     static xhtml_less_than                            = ctRegex!(`[<]`);      // &lt;
     static xhtml_greater_than                         = ctRegex!(`[>]`);      // &gt;
diff --git a/src/sdp/output_xhtmls.d b/src/sdp/output_xhtmls.d
index 4ee5a79..971dd95 100644
--- a/src/sdp/output_xhtmls.d
+++ b/src/sdp/output_xhtmls.d
@@ -419,6 +419,40 @@ template outputXHTMLs() {
       );
       return u;
     }
+    auto verse(O)(                           // using code from code block, review
+      auto return ref const O    obj,
+    ) {
+      string _txt = obj.text;
+      _txt = (_txt)
+        .replaceAll(rgx.newline, "<br>\n")
+        .replaceAll(rgx.two_spaces, "&nbsp;" ~ "&nbsp;" ~ "&nbsp;" ~ "&nbsp;")
+        .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_and_space, "&nbsp;" ~ "&nbsp;");
+      string o;
+      if (obj.obj_cite_number.empty) {
+          o = format(q"¶  <div class="substance">
+            <p class="%s">
+    %s
+          </p>
+        </div>¶",
+          obj.is_a,
+          _txt
+        );
+      } else {
+        o = format(q"¶  <div class="substance">
+          <label class="ocn"><a href="#%s" class="lnkocn">%s</a></label>
+          <p class="%s" id="%s">
+    %s
+          </p>
+        </div>¶",
+          obj.obj_cite_number,
+          obj.obj_cite_number,
+          obj.is_a,
+          obj.obj_cite_number,
+          _txt
+        );
+      }
+      return o;
+    }
     auto nugget(O)(
       auto return ref const O    obj,
     ) {
@@ -462,6 +496,68 @@ template outputXHTMLs() {
       );
       return o;
     }
+    auto tablarize(O)(
+      auto return ref const O    obj,
+      string                     _txt,
+    ) {
+      string[] _table_rows = (_txt).split(rgx.table_delimiter_row);
+      string[] _table_cols;
+      string _table;
+      string _tablenote;
+      foreach(row_idx, row; _table_rows) {
+        _table_cols = row.split(rgx.table_delimiter_col);
+          _table ~= "<tr>";
+          foreach(col_idx, cell; _table_cols) {
+            if ((_table_cols.length == 1)
+            && (_table_rows.length <= row_idx+2)) { // check row_idx+2 (rather than == ++row_idx)
+              _tablenote ~= cell;
+            } else {
+              string _col_is = (row_idx == 0 && obj.table_heading) ? "th" : "td";
+              string _align = ("style=\"text-align:"
+              ~ ((obj.table_column_aligns[col_idx] == "l")
+              ? "left\"" : "right\""));
+              _table ~= "<" ~ _col_is ~ " width=\"" ~ obj.table_column_widths[col_idx].to!string ~ "%\" " ~ _align ~ ">";
+              _table ~= cell;
+              _table ~= "</" ~ _col_is ~ ">";
+            }
+          }
+          _table ~= "</tr>";
+        }
+      auto t = tuple(
+        _table,
+        _tablenote,
+      );
+      return t;
+    }
+    auto table(O)(
+      auto return ref const O    obj,
+    ) {
+      string _txt = obj.text;
+      auto tags = _xhtml_anchor_tags(obj.anchor_tags);
+      _txt = font_face(_txt);
+      auto t = tablarize(obj, _txt);
+      _txt = t[0];
+      string _note = t[1];
+      string o;
+      o = format(q"¶  <div class="substance">
+      <label class="ocn"><a href="#%s" class="lnkocn">%s</a></label>
+      <p class="%s" id="%s">%s
+        <table summary="normal text css" width="95%%" border="0" bgcolor="white" cellpadding="2" align="center">
+          %s
+        </table>
+        %s
+      </p>
+    </div>¶",
+        obj.obj_cite_number,
+        obj.obj_cite_number,
+        obj.is_a,
+        obj.obj_cite_number,
+        tags,
+        _txt,
+        _note
+      );
+      return o;
+    }
     auto code(O)(
       auto return ref const O  obj,
     ) {
diff --git a/views/version.txt b/views/version.txt
index 07d5047..cc55b52 100644
--- a/views/version.txt
+++ b/views/version.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ struct Version {
   int minor;
   int patch;
 }
-enum ver = Version(0, 13, 6);
+enum ver = Version(0, 13, 7);