From e5cdb7f2da0f69ac233c17106abc3773ad118b98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:36:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [hdtbl]: Skip loading if in compatibility mode.

* contrib/hdtbl/hdtbl.tmac: Actually skip loading the package if the
  formatter is in compatibility mode, instead of just threatening to.
---
 contrib/hdtbl/ChangeLog  | 5 +++++
 contrib/hdtbl/hdtbl.tmac | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/contrib/hdtbl/ChangeLog b/contrib/hdtbl/ChangeLog
index 0cd0061a8..95c13a502 100644
--- a/contrib/hdtbl/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/hdtbl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2026-01-21  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+
+	* hdtbl.tmac: Actually skip loading the package if the formatter
+	is in compatibility mode, instead of just threatening to.
+
 2025-10-07  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
 
 	* examples/fonts_n.in:
diff --git a/contrib/hdtbl/hdtbl.tmac b/contrib/hdtbl/hdtbl.tmac
index da87ffb91..d5ec5da6f 100644
--- a/contrib/hdtbl/hdtbl.tmac
+++ b/contrib/hdtbl/hdtbl.tmac
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .if \n(.C \{\
 .  tm groff hdtbl macros do not work in compatibility mode; cannot \
 load package
+.  nx
 .\}
 .
 .if d TBL \