* column woes
@ 2003-02-05 2:53 Idris S Hamid
2003-02-08 17:37 ` Hans Hagen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Idris S Hamid @ 2003-02-05 2:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dear cell,
Here is a table that works in pdfetex mode, but not Plain mode (I hope
it survives transmission!). Again, the problem appears to be non-fatal,
but very irritating:
=====================
\bgroup
\tfx\setupinterlinespace
%\switchtobodyfont[10pt]
\placetable
[here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.}
\starttable[|l|l|l|l|]
\HL
\VL \emph{mode of} \VL \emph{locus of} \VL \emph{objects
of} \VL \emph{ontological} \VL\FR
\VL \emph{cognition} \VL \emph{cognition} \VL
\emph{cognition} \VL \emph{rank of} \VL\NR
\VL \VL
\VL \VL \emph{objects of} \VL\NR
\VL \VL
\VL \VL \emph{cognition} \VL\LR
\HL
\VL knowledge \VL bosom \VL forms
or \VL the universal \VL\FR
\VL \VL \VL
images \VL soul \VL\LR
\HL
\VL certainty \VL heart \VL
meanings/ \VL the universal \VL\FR
\VL \VL \VL
intelligibles \VL nous \VL\LR
\HL
\VL cognizance \VL heart-flux \VL light
of \VL existence \emph{qua} \VL\FR
\VL \VL \VL
cognizance \VL negatively \VL\NR
\VL \VL
\VL \VL conditioned \VL\LR
\HL
\stoptable
\egroup
=====================
and the error:
=====================
! Illegal parameter number in definition of \convertedargument.
<to be read again>
\tabskip
<argument> ##\tabskip
\LeftTabskip & \hfil \startglobalTABLEcolor \vrule
\!t...
\convertargument ...ng \def \convertedargument {#1
}\dodoglobal \edef
#2{\con...
\getTABLEnofcolumns ...nvertargument #1\to \ascii
\@EA \doglobal \@EA
\count...
\!ttDoHalign ...LEnofcolumns {\the \!taPreamble }}
\halign \the
\!taTableSpre...
\restartTABLE ...pareTABLEsplitting \restartTABLE
\TABLEhead
l.10 \starttable[|l|l|l|l|]
?
=====================
Idris
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2003-02-05 2:53 column woes Idris S Hamid
@ 2003-02-08 17:37 ` Hans Hagen
2003-02-09 22:39 ` Idris S Hamid
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Hans Hagen @ 2003-02-08 17:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
At 07:53 PM 2/4/2003 -0700, Idris S Hamid wrote:
>bgroup
>\tfx\setupinterlinespace
>%\switchtobodyfont[10pt]
>\placetable
>[here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.}
>\starttable[|l|l|l|l|]
cleaner:
\startbuffer
\starttable[|l|l|l|l|]
\VL knowledge \VL bosom \VL forms or \VL the universal \VL\SR
\stoptable
\stopbuffer
\placetable
[here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.}
{\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\getbuffer}
this way you can also scale a table:
\externalfigure[buffer][...]
Your problem is related to parsing the preamble with ##'s.
Of course I should start rewriting table because ...
Anyhow, here's a patch you can try (goes into cont-new)
please test this (i must have had a reason for parsing the preamble instead
of the template)
\unprotect
\def\thirdstagestartTABLE#1%
{\global\setTABLEactiontrue
\setTABLEaction\TABLEunknown
\setTABLEforce\TABLEunknown
\setTABLEerror\TABLEunknown
\global\TABLEgraylinefalse
\global\TABLEgraydonefalse
\globalletempty\TABLEgrayline
\globalletempty\nextTABLEgrayline
\globalletempty\TABLEgraylineerror
\globalletempty\TABLEgraylinestatus
\resetVLvalues
\appendtoks\popouterbarandquote\to\EveryTable
\appendtoks\localTABLEsetup\to\EveryTable
\BeginTable[\ifsplittables u\else b\fi]%
\defineTABLEunits
\defineTABLEsteps
\defineTABLErules
\defineTABLEdivisions
\defineTABLEshorthands
\defineTABLEbackgrounds
\defineTABLEendings
\forgetall % added
\doifsomething{#1}
{\def\TABLEformat{#1}%
\getTABLEnofcolumns\TABLEformat
\expandafter\BeginFormat\TABLEformat\EndFormat}}
\def\!ttDoHalign
{\baselineskip \zeropoint
\lineskiplimit\zeropoint
\lineskip \zeropoint
\tabskip \zeropoint
%\expanded{\getTABLEnofcolumns{\the\!taPreamble}}% added
\halign \the\!taTableSpread \bgroup
\span\the\!taPreamble
\ifx \!tfRowOfWidths \empty \else \!tfRowOfWidths \cr \fi}
\bgroup
\catcode`\|=\@@other
\gdef\getTABLEnofcolumns#1%
{\bgroup
\cleanupfeatures
\expanded{\convertargument#1}\to\ascii
\@EA\doglobal\@EA\counttoken\@EA|\@EA\in\ascii\to\maxTABLEcolumn
\global\advance\maxTABLEcolumn \minusone
\egroup}
\egroup
\starttext
\startbuffer
\definetabletemplate[xx][|l|l|l|l|]
\starttable[xx]% %[|l|l|l|l|]
\VL knowledge \VL bosom \VL forms or \VL the universal \VL\SR
\stoptable
\stopbuffer
\placetable
[here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.}
{\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\getbuffer}
\stoptext
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* Re: column woes
2003-02-08 17:37 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2003-02-09 22:39 ` Idris S Hamid
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Idris S Hamid @ 2003-02-09 22:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hans Hagen wrote:
> please test this (i must have had a reason for parsing the preamble instead
> of the template)
I did three tests (perhaps I am not placing the patch in the right
place):
I. In pdfetex: if I place the patch at the end of cont-new OR in the
preamble
of the test file I get
=================
! Missing \cr inserted.
<inserted text>
\cr
<to be read again>
}
l.64 {\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\getbuffer}
?
=================
II. In Gamma (Omega1.15): if I place the patch at the end of cont-new I
get
=================
! Illegal parameter number in definition of \ascii.
<to be read again>
\tabskip
<argument> ##\tabskip
\LeftTabskip & \hfil \startglobalTABLEcolor \vrule
\!t...
\convertargument #1\to #2->\long \def #2{#1
}\dodoglobal \edef
#2{\convertedc...
\getTABLEnofcolumns ...nvertargument #1\to \ascii
\@EA \doglobal \@EA
\count...
\!ttDoHalign ...LEnofcolumns {\the \!taPreamble }}
\halign \the
\!taTableSpre...
\restartTABLE ...pareTABLEsplitting \restartTABLE
\TABLEhead
l.2 \starttable[xx]
% %[|l|l|l|l|]
?
=================
III. In Gamma (Omega1.15): if I place the patch in the preamble to the
test
file I get
! Missing \cr inserted.
<inserted text>
\cr
<to be read again>
}
l.64 {\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\getbuffer}
?
================
! Illegal parameter number in definition of \ascii.
<to be read again>
\tabskip
<argument> ##\tabskip
\LeftTabskip & \hfil \startglobalTABLEcolor \vrule
\!t...
\convertargument #1\to #2->\long \def #2{#1
}\dodoglobal \edef
#2{\convertedc...
\getTABLEnofcolumns ...nvertargument #1\to \ascii
\@EA \doglobal \@EA
\count...
\!ttDoHalign ...LEnofcolumns {\the \!taPreamble }}
\halign \the
\!taTableSpre...
\restartTABLE ...pareTABLEsplitting \restartTABLE
\TABLEhead
l.2 \starttable[xx]
% %[|l|l|l|l|]
?
=================
Thanx for all of your help. I look forward to the next round of
responses!
Best
Idris
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