Re: Placing tables

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 08:59 PM 8/19/00 -0700, David Arnold wrote:
>All,
>
>This works:
>
>\setupTABLE[y][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray,frame=on]
>\bTABLE
>\bTR \bTD $p(x)=x^{3}-x^{2}-1$ \eTD \bTD \type{p=[1 -1 0 -1]}   \eTD \eTR
>\bTR \bTD $q(x)=x^{4}-x^{2}-x$ \eTD \bTD \type{q=[1 0 -1 -1 0]} \eTD \eTR
>\bTR \bTD $r(x)=x^{4}-2x^{2}$  \eTD \bTD \type{r=[1 0 -2 0 0]}  \eTD \eTR
>\eTABLE
>
>But this doesn't:
>
>\placetable
>[here][tbl:matlabpolys]
>{Matlab represents polynomials with vectors.}
>\setupTABLE[y][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray,frame=on]
>\bTABLE
>\bTR \bTD $p(x)=x^{3}-x^{2}-1$ \eTD \bTD \type{p=[1 -1 0 -1]}   \eTD \eTR
>\bTR \bTD $q(x)=x^{4}-x^{2}-x$ \eTD \bTD \type{q=[1 0 -1 -1 0]} \eTD \eTR
>\bTR \bTD $r(x)=x^{4}-2x^{2}$  \eTD \bTD \type{r=[1 0 -2 0 0]}  \eTD \eTR
>\eTABLE
>
>How come? And how can I "place" a table with this new technique for setting
>tables? I want it centered, referenced, and captioned.

It's 

\placetable
  [here][tbl:...]
  {caption}
  {table definition}

So, the last one should be grouped (actually a box). So, you should add {}

suggestion: 

\startbuffer
table def
\stopbuffer

\placetable[...][...]{...}{\getbuffer}

this is more readable. 

Hans
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