Headers for natural tables.

["JOHN CULLETON" <john@wexfordpress.com>]

I hve determined by trial and error that the multiline feature [nr=2] of Natural Tables does not work well, if at all, in the TABLEhead area. But the TABLEhead area is necessary for readable split tables. Currently I use single lines in the header area and suppress some of the rules to create a multiline effect thus: 

\bTABLE [option=stretch,split=repeat]
\setupTABLE[r][1][height=0cm,width=0cm,frame=off]
\setupTABLE[c][1][width=1.7in]
\setupTABLE[r][2][bottomframe=off]
\setupTABLE[r][3][topframe=off]
\bTABLEhead
\bTR          %dummy row
\bTH \eTH
\bTH \eTH
\bTH \eTH
\eTR
\bTR         %first visible row
\bTH  
{\bf Investment} \eTH
\bTH 
{\bf Portfolio } \eTH
\bTH 
{\bf Average Stock } \eTH
\eTR
\bTR
\bTH  
{\bf Category} \eTH
\bTH 
{\bf Allocation} \eTH
\bTH 
{\bf  Market Exposure} \eTH
\eTR
\eTABLEhead
...
This example also uses the (apparently) obligatory dummy row as described by others.

Natural Tables have been around for a while. It is unfortunate that no one has come up with a real manual for these tables. All that exists are "learn by example" documents, which do not describe limitations such as the one I worked around in the above code. 


John Culleton


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