Re: Table support in ConTeXt

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Berend de Boer wrote:

> Also I noticed some odd behaviour. In the first line of the table I had
> something like:
> 
> \RL\SR
> \VL \vbox{\hsize=2cm Test test test}\VL
> \HL
> 
> The color extended only to the first line, not to the other lines in this
> par. Is there an explanation how color works and what surprises there are?

Hm. I'll have to look into that one. Currently color only handles height
of \MR/\FR/\LR/\SR and alike. Color is very tricky in tables, because
one has no access to the cell info (this is on the etex wish list). I
suggest you split the lines manually. Another way out is 

\startbuffer[funny]
\framed[width=2cm,height=fit,background=color,backgroundcolor=red]{Test
...}
\stopbuffer

\VL \getbuffer \VL etc 

(Color in tables uses some rather dirty tricks and is sort of tex
hacking to the max. The sort nobody longs to. TeX is not perfect!)

Hans

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