* Vertical text alignment in nested natural tables
@ 2007-03-28 13:11 Brian R. Landy
2007-03-29 8:34 ` Wolfgang Schuster
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Brian R. Landy @ 2007-03-28 13:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Hi,
I am having a problem using nested natural tables, to which I have a
solution but feel that it my not be the proper approach. I'm pretty
much a TeX and ConTeXt novice.
The problem is that the row height it reduced when a table is nested,
breaking vertical text alignment across cells. In my example the
cells "SSSSS" and "Swap" to not align vertically due to the presence
of the "p". I have an example of the problem and my fix below.
I'm curious if someone knows a better way to fix this.
Thanks for your help,
Brian
\starttext
Working table:\par
\start
\bTABLE[frame=on,align={middle,lohi}]
\bTR
\bTD SSSSS \eTD
\bTD Swap \eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
\stop
Nested table changes cell height, breaks text alignment with "lohi":\par
\start
\bTABLE[frame=on,height=0.50in]
\bTR
\bTD
{\start
\bTABLE[frame=on,align={middle,lohi}]
\bTR
\bTD SSSSS \eTD
\bTD Swap \eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
\stop}
\eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
\stop
setting height to baselineskip does not help:\par
\start
\bTABLE[frame=on,height=0.50in]
\bTR
\bTD
{\start
\bTABLE[height=\the\baselineskip,frame=on,align={middle,lohi}]
\bTR
\bTD SSSSS \eTD
\bTD Swap \eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
\stop}
\eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
\stop
One fix is a strut:\par
\start
\bTABLE[frame=on,height=0.50in]
\bTR
\bTD
{\start
\bTABLE[frame=on,align={middle,lohi}]
\bTR
\bTD \strut{SSSSS} \eTD
\bTD \strut{Swap} \eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
\stop}
\eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
\stop
\stoptext
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: Vertical text alignment in nested natural tables 2007-03-28 13:11 Vertical text alignment in nested natural tables Brian R. Landy @ 2007-03-29 8:34 ` Wolfgang Schuster 2007-03-30 3:16 ` Brian R. Landy 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2007-03-29 8:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2547 bytes --] 2007/3/28, Brian R. Landy <landy@alumni.caltech.edu>: > > Hi, > > I am having a problem using nested natural tables, to which I have a > solution but feel that it my not be the proper approach. I'm pretty > much a TeX and ConTeXt novice. > > The problem is that the row height it reduced when a table is nested, > breaking vertical text alignment across cells. In my example the > cells "SSSSS" and "Swap" to not align vertically due to the presence > of the "p". I have an example of the problem and my fix below. > > I'm curious if someone knows a better way to fix this. > > Thanks for your help, > Brian Hi Brian, I will show a few solution to your problem for the following table. We will start with a simple table that contains the error. \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\bTABLE \bTR \bTD SSSS \eTD \bTD Swap \eTD \bTR \eTABLE} \bTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Your own solution with adding a strut to the inner table can be done in a better way by adding the strut to the setup of the beginning of the table. \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\bTABLE[left=\strut] \bTR \bTD SSSS \eTD \bTD Swap \eTD \bTR \eTABLE} \bTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Another mothod is to use the same method, that is used for the outer table. I took a look into the source and found the following method, that works also. \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\bTABLE[strut=yes,autostrut=no] \bTR \bTD SSSS \eTD \bTD Swap \eTD \bTR \eTABLE} \bTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext After that a was interested why we need to set the values in the last example again, because they are already set in core-ntb. The solution is, the values in nested tables are removed and replaced by new ones. This behaviour can be changed and is shown in my last example. \starttext \setfalse\resetTABLEmode \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\bTABLE \bTR \bTD SSSS \eTD \bTD Swap \eTD \bTR \eTABLE} \bTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Another example that shows the effect of \resetTABLEmode is: \starttext %\settrue\resetTABLEmode % default setting \setupTABLE[frame=off] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\bTABLE\bTR\bTD Text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE} \eTD \bTD Text \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \setfalse\resetTABLEmode \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\bTABLE\bTR\bTD Text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE} \eTD \bTD Text \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Wolfgang [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 4490 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 139 bytes --] _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Vertical text alignment in nested natural tables 2007-03-29 8:34 ` Wolfgang Schuster @ 2007-03-30 3:16 ` Brian R. Landy 2007-04-04 16:32 ` Wolfgang Schuster 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Brian R. Landy @ 2007-03-30 3:16 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3506 bytes --] I had played around with strut=yes, but had not realized I also needed to set autostrut=no. That approach ended up working best; my initial solution broke aligncharacter, and I like the table environment to reset. It is a bit odd that it resets to something different than the default. As an aside, what books are good for learning TeX programming for ConTeXt? Anything besides the TeXBook (and I saw TeX by Topic mentioned on the list the other day). Thanks again, Brian On Mar 29, 2007, at 4:34 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > 2007/3/28, Brian R. Landy <landy@alumni.caltech.edu>: > Hi, > > I am having a problem using nested natural tables, to which I have a > solution but feel that it my not be the proper approach. I'm pretty > much a TeX and ConTeXt novice. > > The problem is that the row height it reduced when a table is nested, > breaking vertical text alignment across cells. In my example the > cells "SSSSS" and "Swap" to not align vertically due to the presence > of the "p". I have an example of the problem and my fix below. > > I'm curious if someone knows a better way to fix this. > > Thanks for your help, > Brian > > > Hi Brian, > > I will show a few solution to your problem for the following table. > We will start with a simple table that contains the error. > > \starttext > > \bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD > {\bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD SSSS \eTD > \bTD Swap \eTD > \bTR > \eTABLE} > \bTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > > \stoptext > > > Your own solution with adding a strut to the inner table can be done > in a better way by adding the strut to the setup of the beginning > of the table. > > \starttext > > \bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD > {\bTABLE[left=\strut] > \bTR > \bTD SSSS \eTD > \bTD Swap \eTD > \bTR > \eTABLE} > \bTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > > \stoptext > > > > > > Another mothod is to use the same method, that is used for the > outer table. I took a look into the source and found the following > method, > that works also. > > \starttext > > \bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD > {\bTABLE[strut=yes,autostrut=no] > \bTR > \bTD SSSS \eTD > \bTD Swap \eTD > \bTR > \eTABLE} > \bTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > > \stoptext > > > After that a was interested why we need to set the values in the > last example again, because they are already set in core-ntb. > The solution is, the values in nested tables are removed and replaced > by new ones. This behaviour can be changed and is shown in my last > example. > > \starttext > > \setfalse\resetTABLEmode > > \bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD > {\bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD SSSS \eTD > \bTD Swap \eTD > \bTR > \eTABLE} > \bTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > > \stoptext > > > Another example that shows the effect of \resetTABLEmode is: > > \starttext > > %\settrue\resetTABLEmode % default setting > > \setupTABLE[frame=off] > > \bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD > {\bTABLE\bTR\bTD Text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE} > \eTD > \bTD > Text > \eTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > > \setfalse\resetTABLEmode > > \bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD > {\bTABLE\bTR\bTD Text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE} > \eTD > \bTD > Text > \eTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > > \stoptext > > > Wolfgang > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > <sanitizer.log> [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 5052 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 139 bytes --] _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Vertical text alignment in nested natural tables 2007-03-30 3:16 ` Brian R. Landy @ 2007-04-04 16:32 ` Wolfgang Schuster 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2007-04-04 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:16:43 -0400 "Brian R. Landy" <landy@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote: > I had played around with strut=yes, but had not realized I also > needed to set autostrut=no. That approach ended up working best; my > initial solution broke aligncharacter, and I like the table > environment to reset. It is a bit odd that it resets to something > different than the default. > > As an aside, what books are good for learning TeX programming for > ConTeXt? Anything besides the TeXBook (and I saw TeX by Topic > mentioned on the list the other day). > > > Thanks again, > Brian Hi Brian, the best method to control nested tables is by integrating a setup command for nested tables. \unprotect \def\setupresetTABLE {\dodoubleargument\getparameters[\@@tbl\@@tbl\@@tbl]} \def\resetallTABLEparameters% moet genest wel werken {\ifnum\TBLlevel>\plusone % in ieder geval \ifconditional\resetTABLEmode \presetlocalframed % breedte hoogte diepte offset [\@@tbl\@@tbl]% % achtergrond, achtergrondraster, achtergrondkleur \copyparameters [\@@tbl\@@tbl][\@@tbl\@@tbl\@@tbl] [\c!frameoffset,\c!backgroundoffset,\c!framecolor,\c!color, \c!strut,\c!autostrut,\c!aligncharacter,\c!alignmentcharacter, \c!style,\c!option,\c!maxwidth,\c!textwidth,\c!left,\c!right] \else \setupTABLE [\c!width=\v!fit, \c!height=\v!fit]% \fi \fi} \setupresetTABLE [\c!frameoffset=.5\linewidth, \c!backgroundoffset=\v!frame, \c!framecolor=\s!black, \c!color=, \c!style=, \c!strut=\v!yes, \c!autostrut=\v!no, \c!aligncharacter=\v!no, \c!alignmentcharacter={,}, \c!option=, \c!maxwidth=8em, \c!textwidth=\hsize, \c!left=, \c!right=] \protect \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\bTABLE \bTR \bTD SSSS \eTD \bTD Swap \eTD \eTR \eTABLE} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Wolfgang ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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