Re: natural table oddities

[Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

I would be happy about some answers/comments.
Hraban

Am 13.03.23 um 23:26 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:
> Working on the documentation for “natural tables” in my book I stumbled 
> upon a few oddities/problems:
> 
> ## Addressing cells:
> 
> * There’s \setupTABLE[header], but not "footer" (or "section"); since we 
> have TABLEhead and TABLEfoot, IMO "head" and "foot" would make sense.
> 
> * Row 1 is the first row of TABLEbody. I couldn’t find how to address 
> the first line of TABLEbody.
> 
> * If I format a column, e.g. \setupTABLE[c][-1][color=red], body and 
> foot are formatted, but not the same column in header. I couldn’t find 
> how to format columns in header.
> 
> * I don’t understand the addressing options "start" and "one".
> 
> 
> ## Formatting
> 
> * maxwidth doesn’t seem to have an effect, neither on the whole table 
> nor on a column.
> * textwidth works only for the whole table.
> * width gets stretched if option=stretch; i.e. I can’t fix the width of 
> single cells or columns.
> 
> 
> ## Page breaking
> 
> * What’s the difference between split=repeat and header=repeat ?
> 
> 
> 
> I’d like to know if there are misunderstandings / if the behavior is 
> intentional.

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