Re: TABLE: spacing, before/after

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:

>>- control over column and row spacing
>>- material before/after a cell, e.g. \setupTABLE[row][first][before=bla]
>>- command hooks like \setupTABLE[1][3][hook=\dowithentry]
> 
> 
> Hi Hans,
> 
> sorry for being a pain in the neck, but is there any chance that this
> will be supported by natural tables in the near future?
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not demanding anything, I just need to know so
> that I can do it differently otherwise.

it depends on what near is ...

if you want a hook, try something:

\starttext

\def\TBLcharalign#1#2{hooked {\bf #2} on tables}

\bTABLE
\bTR \bTD aa\eTD \bTD bb\eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD aa\eTD \bTD bb\eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD aa\eTD \bTD bb\eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD aa\eTD \bTD bb\eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD aa\eTD \bTD bb\eTD \eTR
\eTABLE

\stoptext

if you remind me in a couple of weeks i can see if i can generalize it; hooks 
are a bit tricky because one also needs to know in what pass on is (there are 
multiple passes in constructing the table)

before ... after cell, is probably doable but need some thinking (keep in mind 
that these tables need to span and such; not really complex but needs to be done 
carefully

between rows ... tricky since that may interfere with splitting; maybe doable 
when some limitations are accepted

Hans


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