Re: TABLE: spacing, before/after

[Paul Tremblay <phthenry@iglou.com>]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 08:56:58PM +0200, Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 at 12:19:28-0400, Paul Tremblay wrote:
> > Yes, I agree with the limitations of the TABLE module. Sorry I
> > couldn't provide any better answer. 
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> Well, maybe it will be possible for Hans to include support for the
> missing features in a future release. To sum it up once again, what I
> am missing:
> - control over column and row spacing
> - material before/after a cell, e.g. \setupTABLE[row][first][before=bla]
> - command hooks like \setupTABLE[1][3][hook=\dowithentry]

I'm not sure what hooks are! I assume the before could be something
like \blankspace? 

> 
> > (Is it possible to set the space between columns using the more
> > standard table module? I realize I didn't document this at all.)
> 
> I have never tried it, but I think so. At the beginning of core-tbl,
> column modifiers i, j and k are claimed to do this. Since tabulate uses
> the same column specifiers as table, they should work with both.
> Untested ;-)
> 

I need to start thinking before I type! I have this in my tutorial. I
guess I assumed you get the same result with TABLE by simple making a
column very wide (width=25cm).

Paul

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