Buggy ConTeXt table macros?

Buggy ConTeXt table macros?

[James Ramsey]

I'm not sure if \DL, \DC, and \DR are buggy or just
not quite documented yet. The following table seems to
work, though it looks to me like it shouldn't:

\starttable[|l|w40|l|w4|]
\NC Signed \NC \NC Date \NC \NC \NR
\DC \DL \DL \DR
\NC \NC (President) \NC \NC \NC\LR
\stoptable

This table gets me

Signed _____________________  Date _____
           (President)

which is what I want; however, the table looks like
its missing a \DC between the two \DL's.

This table, which I found in an unanswered post in the
ConTeXt mail archive doesn't work, and I can't find a
way to make it work:

\starttable[|l|l|l|l|l|]
\NC 1 \NC 2 \NC 3 \NC 4 \NC 5 \NC\AR
\DL[2] \DL[2] \DR
\NC 1 \NC 2 \NC 3 \NC 4 \NC 5 \NC\AR
\stoptable

This table is supposed to look like the following:

1 2 3 4 5
---   ---
1 2 3 4 5

What is going on?

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Re: Buggy ConTeXt table macros?

[Hans Hagen]

At 09:36 PM 2/11/01 -0800, James Ramsey wrote:
>I'm not sure if \DL, \DC, and \DR are buggy or just
>not quite documented yet. The following table seems to
>work, though it looks to me like it shouldn't:
>
>\starttable[|l|w40|l|w4|]
>\NC Signed \NC \NC Date \NC \NC \NR
>\DC \DL \DL \DR
>\NC \NC (President) \NC \NC \NC\LR
>\stoptable
>>This table gets me
>
>Signed _____________________  Date _____
>           (President)
>
>which is what I want; however, the table looks like
>its missing a \DC between the two \DL's.

this may be a better template: \starttable[s0|s3l|w40|l|w4|]

the dc seems missing, but what actually happens is that the line extends
into the between column space. This table package is based on TaBlE
(michael wichura) which which has imaginary columns. I may rewrite that
from scratch some day, also because color support would become more robust
that way. 

\starttabulate[||c|||]
\NC name \NC \underbar{\hskip4cm} \NC date \NC \underbar{\hskip2cm} \NC\NR
\NC      \NC \tx (president)      \NC      \NC                      \NC\NR
\stoptabulate

>This table, which I found in an unanswered post in the
>ConTeXt mail archive doesn't work, and I can't find a
>way to make it work:
>
>\starttable[|l|l|l|l|l|]
>\NC 1 \NC 2 \NC 3 \NC 4 \NC 5 \NC\AR
>\DL[2] \DL[2] \DR
>\NC 1 \NC 2 \NC 3 \NC 4 \NC 5 \NC\AR
>\stoptable
>
>This table is supposed to look like the following:
>
>1 2 3 4 5
>---   ---
>1 2 3 4 5
>
>What is going on?

A lot of tricky things.

This may work (core-tab.tex): 

\def\TableDR%
  {\ifnum\currentTABLEcolumn<\maxTABLEcolumn 
     \finishTABLErow
   \else
     \global\currentTABLEcolumn=0            
     \normalTABLElineending
   \fi
   \TABLEnoalign
     {\nobreak
      \global\TABLEdivisionfalse
      \accountTABLElinewidth % temporary solution
      \setTABLEaction\TABLErule}}

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