Re: xtables: rowwise, columnwise, and cellwise opera

[Alan Braslau <braslau.list@comcast.net>]

According to i-context.pdf ($CONTEXTHOME/tex/context/interface/mkiv)

              1         2
\startxcell [...] [..,..=..,..] ... \stopxcell
             OPT       OPT
1 NAME
2 nx=NUMBER
  ny=NUMBER
  nc=NUMBER
  nr=NUMBER
inherits: \setupxtable



On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:50:51 -0800
"jdh" <dhenman@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> No it wont compile with two groups.  It takes the second as content.
> It may be a version difference.  But it likewise would not work as is
> for me with puting the key=value into the 1st bracket pair.
> 
> Version parsing difference?
> 
> Alan Braslau <braslau.list@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > No, in ConTeXt one NEVER, EVER mixes key=value lists with simple
> > keywords (parsing would otherwise be very less efficient).
> > 
> > The feature to be able to declare a "namespace" (such as the
> > one called "suffix") having particular values of its parameters is
> > really powerful. Think of it as "xtable:suffix" that inherits from
> > the namespace "xtable" but then lives a life of its own...
> > 
> > \startxcell takes and optional namespace specification, i.e.
> > [suffix] and an optional key=value list of parameters, i.e.
> > [ny=2,...]. These parameters override locally the values that are
> > otherwise carried by the namespace.
> > 
> > ConTeXt gurus: I hope that I have gotten this explanation right.
> > 
> > Alan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:12:40 +0100
> > Floris van Manen <vm@klankschap.nl> wrote:
> > 
> > > apparently
> > > 
> > > >            \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell  
> > > 
> > > should be
> > > 
> > >            \startxcell[suffix, ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > On 5 Jan 2018, at 14:32, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On 1/5/2018 4:57 AM, Henri wrote:  
> > > >> Dear list,
> > > >> The Natural Tables have this great feature that I can control
> > > >> the layout with rowwise, columnwise, or cellwise setups.  For
> > > >> example: \starttext
> > > >> \setupTABLE [frame=off]
> > > >> \setupTABLE [r] [first] [topframe=on,bottomframe=on,style=bold]
> > > >> \setupTABLE [c] [2]     [style=italic]
> > > >> \setupTABLE [2] [3]     [color=red]
> > > >> \setupTABLE [r] [last]  [bottomframe=on]
> > > >> \startTABLE
> > > >>   \NC A \NC A \NC A \NC\NR
> > > >>   \NC B \NC B \NC B \NC\NR
> > > >>   \NC C \NC C \NC C \NC\NR
> > > >>   \NC D \NC D \NC D \NC\NR
> > > >>   \NC E \NC E \NC E \NC\NR
> > > >> \stopTABLE
> > > >> \stoptext  
> > > > 
> > > > it's also an extremely inefficient method
> > > >   
> > > >> How can I do such a thing with Extreme Tables?  If it is not
> > > >> yet possible I'd like to request the inclusion of such a
> > > >> mechanism.  
> > > > from the manual, named setups:
> > > > 
> > > > \setupxtable[suffix][align=middle,foregroundcolor=red]
> > > > \setupxtable[blabla][foregroundstyle=slanted]
> > > > \setupxtable[crap]  [foregroundcolor=blue]
> > > > \setupxtable[bold]  [crap][foregroundstyle=bold]
> > > > 
> > > > \startxtable % [frame=off]
> > > >    \startxtablehead
> > > >        \startxrow[bold]
> > > >            \startxcell[suffix]       head a \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell[blabla]       head b \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell               head c \stopxcell
> > > >        \stopxrow
> > > >    \stopxtablehead
> > > >    \startxtablebody
> > > >        \startxrow
> > > >            \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell               cell b 1 \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell               cell c 1 \stopxcell
> > > >        \stopxrow
> > > >        \startxrow
> > > >            \startxcell               cell b 2 \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell               cell c 2 \stopxcell
> > > >        \stopxrow
> > > >        \startxrow
> > > >            \startxcell[suffix]       cell a 3 \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell               cell b 3 \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell               cell c 3 \stopxcell
> > > >        \stopxrow
> > > >        \startxrow
> > > >            \startxcell[suffix]       cell a 4 \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell               cell b 4 \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell               cell c 4 \stopxcell
> > > >        \stopxrow
> > > >        \startxrow
> > > >            \startxcell[suffix]       cell a 5 \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell               cell b 5 \stopxcell
> > > >            \startxcell               cell c 5 \stopxcell
> > > >        \stopxrow
> > > >    \stopxtablebody
> > > > \stopxtable
> > > > 
> > > > 
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