From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/22391 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giuseppe Bilotta Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Need more documentation on tables Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:23:40 +0200 Message-ID: <17010687280.20050911152340@iol.it> References: <1525926056.20050910192326@iol.it> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1126445481 11110 80.91.229.2 (11 Sep 2005 13:31:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:31:21 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Sep 11 15:31:12 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EERvI-0006gx-Cy for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:31:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE66127BC; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:31:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23858-08; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:31:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2995127B5; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:31:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9495B127B5 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:31:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24218-03 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:31:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp4.libero.it (smtp4.libero.it [193.70.192.54]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D4C127B0 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:31:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (172.16.1.83) by smtp4.libero.it (7.0.027-DD01) id 431C3617004BF877 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:31:00 +0200 Original-Received: from smtp20.libero.it ([172.16.1.76]) by localhost (asav4.libero.it [193.70.192.153]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11875-16 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:31:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from OBLOMOV (adsl-ull-145-210.42-151.net24.it [151.42.210.145]) by smtp20.libero.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id B29D150785 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:30:59 +0200 (MEST) X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.5.25) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <1525926056.20050910192326@iol.it> X-Scanned: with antispam and antivirus automated system at libero.it X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:22391 Archived-At: Saturday, September 10, 2005 Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > Ok, even with the wiki and all the manuals around (which are > getting obsolete, too) there is definitely too little > documentation on the various tabulation formats. > The biggest problem is that each table type has its ability, > but there is nothing that can do everything. > Simplest example, I'm currently having a problem using a > start/stoptabulate (which I need because \RC & friends don't > work in start/stoptable) but I don't know how to span > multiple columns (which can be done in start/stoptable with > \use, which doesn't work in start/stoptabulate) > What am I supposed to do? Read the sources, of course. Once I found about \ReFormat in the TaBlE mechanism, I was done. It's more verbose than the tabulate way, but it works perfectly. Should I write some documentation about TaBlE preambles and commands (for the Wiki), or would it be against some rule about its ($$$) documentation? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta