Re: external table alignment

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:03:09 -0600
"Idris Samawi Hamid" <ishamid@colostate.edu> wrote:

> Dear knights,
> 
> I still need help with this one. How do I get the table flush left (no  
> offset)?
> 
> Best
> Idris
> 
> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:14:31 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid  
> <ishamid@colostate.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Dear consortium,
> >
> > I need to get the argument of \start-stoptable aligned flush left. Even
> > with
> >
> > \setuptables[split=yes,align=left]
> >
> > (a la \setupframed) there is still a small offset of the leftmost column.
> > Please advise
> >
> > ===========================
> > \starttext
> >
> > Some text
> >
> > \starttable[|l|l|]
> > \NC 2001 \NC Fall \NC\SR
> > \stoptable
> >
> > Some text
> >
> > \stoptext
> > ===========================
> 

\starttable[o(0pt)|l|l|]
\HL
\NC 2001 \NC Fall \NC\SR
\HL
\stoptable

The "o(xxx)" key is your friend.

BTW the wiki is a place to find such answers.

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Table

There is a example where you can also see the solution for you problem.


Wolfgang