From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/19984 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul Tremblay Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: TABLE: spacing, before/after Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:19:28 -0400 Message-ID: <20050419161928.GA13311@localhost.localdomain> References: <20050413080911.GA3514@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> <20050419140409.GD12821@localhost.localdomain> <20050419151504.GA134@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113927388 9460 80.91.229.2 (19 Apr 2005 16:16:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:16:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Apr 19 18:16:26 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 1DNvMU-0000Ds-ER for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:14:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B396127DC; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:18:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 05409-07; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:18:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE32127A3; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:18:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4879C127A3 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:18:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 05371-08 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:18:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from rdsmtp.iglou.com (rdsmtp.iglou.com [192.107.41.63]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 473E11278E for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:18:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [192.107.41.39] (helo=iglou4.iglou.com) by rdsmtp.iglou.com with esmtp (8.12.5/8.12.5) id 1DNvQM-00064h-P2 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:18:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.253.97.143] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by iglou4.iglou.com with esmtp (8.12.5/8.12.5) id 1DNvQM-00064d-Hm for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:18:06 -0400 Original-Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 501) id 265821BBC1; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:19:28 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Mail-Followup-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050419151504.GA134@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by 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-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:19984 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:19984 On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 05:15:04PM +0200, Eckhart Guth=F6hrlein wrote: > From: Eckhart Guth=F6hrlein > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users > Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:15:04 +0200 > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] TABLE: spacing, before/after > User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i >=20 > On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 at 10:04:09-0400, Paul Tremblay wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:09:11AM +0200, Eckhart Guth=F6hrlein wrote= : > > >=20 > > > Hi, > > >=20 > > > three questions: > > > - How can I control horizontal spacing of columns in natural tables= ? > > > - What about vertical spacing? > > > - How can I insert material after/before each cell, something like > > > \setuptable[row][first][before=3Dbla bla] ? > > >=20 > > > Thanks, > >=20 > >=20 > > Hi Eckhart, > >=20 > > I think you might find some of the answers here: > >=20 > > http://getfo.sourceforge.net/context_xml/page5.html#id2258730 >=20 > Nice overview, Paul. I had a quick glance, but I'm afraid the questions > above are not addressed. Correct me if I'm wrong. >=20 > > setupTABLE[r][1][heigth=3D24pt] > > setupTABLE[c][odd][width=3D12pt] > > % the page gives more examples > >=20 > > Sorry if this is not what you are looking for. >=20 > Well, not exactly. By default, a column has the width of its widest > entry. Using width=3D5cm, I can only define the absolute width of a > column. But what I want is to increase the separation of adjectant > columns. Whether this is achieved by adding space between columns or by > setting their width to a certain amount wider than their natural width > doesn't matter to me. > You have already experienced the absence of a desirable feature > yourself, but let me point out once again that this cannot be achieved > by setting the rulethickness of the cell frame, since it is not possibl= e > to change left/right thickness from the top/bottom one, and frames are > invisible but still take space if you deactivate them via e.g. > topframe=3Doff. > Thanks for your page - it's surely of help, especially for newcomers, > since tables (and the many different possibilities to produce them) are > cumbersome in context. >=20 > Greetings, Yes, I agree with the limitations of the TABLE module. Sorry I couldn't provide any better answer.=20 When I get a chance, I'll put something on the page stating that a limitation of TABLE is the inability to set the space between columns. (Is it possible to set the space between columns using the more standard table module? I realize I didn't document this at all.) Paul --=20 ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry@iglou.com * ************************