From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/55073 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Design Department Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Table macro choices? Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:53:48 -0700 Message-ID: <0D54D4B2-A93C-4B3D-BD8A-56696C4C5380@enquora.com> References: <334EDAFA-BA7F-4FBB-9C32-C3628C8C00A1@enquora.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260068054 18933 80.91.229.12 (6 Dec 2009 02:54:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 02:54:14 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Dec 06 03:54:07 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NH7G7-0003mM-VQ for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:54:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0613C9BC2; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:53:59 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id XjK1TF0PSjkN; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:53:57 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29074C9BB5; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:53:57 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E396DC9BB5 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:53:55 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id VYuhnxjZ9g3V for ; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:53:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-px0-f204.google.com (mail-px0-f204.google.com [209.85.216.204]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43CC9C9BB3 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:53:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by pxi42 with SMTP id 42so1287909pxi.5 for ; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:53:52 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.115.85.16 with SMTP id n16mr7870245wal.123.1260068031897; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:53:51 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ernie-wireless.local (S010600131035e589.cg.shawcable.net [70.75.197.71]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm3818002pzk.7.2009.12.05.18.53.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:53:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:55073 Archived-At: On 2009-12-05, at 7:55 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Am 04.12.2009 um 22:58 schrieb Design Department: > >> Earlier this year I attempted to set tabular material using ConTeXt while meeting *all* the following requirements: >>> Some columns need fixed width, content must wrap to multiple lines >>> Multi-page tables >>> Column headings must repeat on every page >>> Additional header information is required on every page >>> Additional footer information containing tabular text and graphics is required on every page >>> Forced page breaks on arbitrary selected rows >>> Horizontal rules between specified groups of rows >> >> I was unable to meet all these requirements and reverted to LaTeX. It works, but I prefer ConTeXt and the LaTeX version takes a painfully long time to converge on optimal column widths. I'm now using TeXLive 2009, rather than 2008 - has anything changed in ConTeXt that will meet these requirements? > > Can you show a example from the LaTeX output. For Walfgang, and anyone else who has thoughts, here's a sample PDF. http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3ld3P7qGRnwOTRmOWJhYTEtMGQ1Yy00ZGE4LTk0NmQtYzk3NmJlYWIzM2Zh&hl=en The main point is that the tabular material runs from just a single to several hundred rows and each page *must* contain both the header and footer explanations associated with the table. Normally the pages are broken at a fixed increment of rows depending on the type of data, usually 20 or 32 per page, but other values are possible. For good measure, field technicians often want a forced page break at an arbitrary row position. Two of the table columns contain data which may wrap to multiple lines, as illustrated. Is all this possible without writing a new tabular macro? I could get close, but couldn't get the table footer repeating on every page or the forced page breaks. That was using the TeXLive 2008 distribution. david ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________