Re: About paragraph columns in table environment

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Radhelorn wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> I've tried to fit wide table (with paragraphs and vertical lines) into 
> page width. Following example don't work as expected:
>
> \SetTableToWidth{\textwidth}
> \starttable[|p|p|]
> \HL
> \VL foo foo foo foo foo foo \VL bar bar bar bar bar bar \VL\AR
> \HL
> \stoptable
>
> Text in columns formatted as if table was not widened. What did I miss 
> here?

table is not that clever -)

\SetTableToWidth{\textwidth}

\starttable[|p(.45\textwidth)|p(.45\textwidth)|]
\HL
\VL foo foo foo foo foo foo \VL bar bar bar bar bar bar \VL\AR
\HL
\stoptable

\stoptext

>
> BTW, how to fit text into a small box if I don't care about where word 
> breaks?
>
can you explain that a bit more?

Hans