Re: Natural tables, rulethickness

[Peter Rolf <indiego@gmx.net>]

Hi Patrick,

Patrick Gundlach wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a (natural) table and I'd like to have three rules in that
> table. The toprule and the bottomrule should be .08em thick, the
> midrule 0.05em. What would be a way to achieve that? The example is
> incorrect.
> 
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \setupTABLE[r][each][frame=off]
> \setupTABLE[r][first][topframe=on,rulethickness=.08em]
> \setupTABLE[r][first][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=.05em]
> \setupTABLE[r][last][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=.08em]
> \bTABLE

You can't use different frame sizes in the same frame (as in \framed). A
simple solution is

\setupTABLE[r][2][topframe=on,rulethickness=.05em]

instead of using a bottomframe. Or maybe better

\setupTABLE[r][first][topframe=on,rulethickness=.08em,
  after={\hrule width\hsize height.05em}]

You can adjust the vertical spacing by using

\setupTABLE[r][first][topframe=on,rulethickness=.08em,
  after={\hbox{\raise 5pt\hbox{\vrule width\hsize height.05em}}}]

But the second solution maybe has some unwanted sideeffects (page
breaks,..). I've tried to use \hrule in combination with 'before=', but
this does not work here. Hope this helps.

Greetings, Peter

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> \stoptext
> 
> Patrick