splitting tables

splitting tables

[Hans Hagen]

Hi,

I will upload an alpha release with a cleaned up table (float) split 
mechanism. The splitter works for all three table types, either or not 
in floats with repeated head (and tail) sections, optionally with 
automatic (may become default) caption height detection etc. It works ok 
on some simple test files, but I have no time to test more obscure 
situations.

I'm not that sure if everything is downward compatible, but splitting is 
always tricky (and demanded some intervention) anyway. So, if you are 
using this kind of functionality, go ahead, download and test ..

\setupTABLE[split=repeat]

\input tufte \endgraf
\splitfloat[lines=11]
  {\placetable{\dorecurse{10}{test\recurselevel\endgraf}}}
  {\bTABLE\dorecurse{100}{\bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR}\eTABLE}
\input tufte \page

\input tufte \endgraf
\splitfloat[lines=0]
  {}
  {\bTABLE\dorecurse{100}{\bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR}\eTABLE}
\input tufte \endgraf \page

\input tufte \endgraf
\bTABLE\dorecurse{100}{\bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR}\eTABLE
\input tufte \page

\setuptabulate[split=yes]

\input tufte \endgraf
\splitfloat[lines=11]
  {\placetable{\dorecurse{10}{test\recurselevel\endgraf}}}
  {\starttabulate\dorecurse{200}{\NC test \NC test \NC \NR}\stoptabulate}
\input tufte \page

\input tufte \endgraf
\splitfloat[lines=0]
  {}
  {\starttabulate\dorecurse{200}{\NC test \NC test \NC \NR}\stoptabulate}
\input tufte \page

\input tufte \endgraf
\starttabulate\dorecurse{200}{\NC test \NC test \NC \NR}\stoptabulate
\input tufte \page

\setuptables[split=yes]

\newtoks\TestToks

\TestToks\emptytoks
\appendtoks\starttablehead\to\TestToks
\dorecurse{3}{\appendtoks\VL head \VL head \VL \SR\to\TestToks}
\appendtoks\stoptablehead\to\TestToks
\appendtoks\starttabletail\to\TestToks
\dorecurse{3}{\appendtoks\VL tail \VL tail \VL \SR\to\TestToks}
\appendtoks\stoptabletail\to\TestToks
\appendtoks\starttables[|c|c|]\to\TestToks
\dorecurse{100}{\appendtoks\VL test \VL test \VL \SR\to\TestToks}
\appendtoks\stoptables\to\TestToks

\input tufte \endgraf
\splitfloat[lines=auto] % [lines=11]
  {\placetable{\dorecurse{10}{test\recurselevel\endgraf}}}
  {\the\TestToks}
\input tufte \page

\input tufte \endgraf
\splitfloat[lines=0]
  {}
  {\the\TestToks}
\input tufte \page

\input tufte \endgraf
\the\TestToks
\input tufte \page

Watch the lines=auto option! Mechanisms like this will never be perfect, 
but I think that the cleanup is not that bad. Especially the \startable 
bits and pieces needs some more testing, but then, i need to cleanup up 
that code anyway (write a cleaner version of that whole table mechanism).

Hans 

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                                          Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE
              Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
     tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com
                                             | www.pragma-pod.nl
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Re: splitting tables

[Johannes Graumann]

Hello,

I'd like to explicitly thank Hans for these changes to the table splitting,
which is giving my thesis the last touches. 

Thanks you for your openness towards ConTeXt's users - even the more
obnoxiously insisting ones ;0)

Joh

Hans Hagen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I will upload an alpha release with a cleaned up table (float) split
> mechanism. The splitter works for all three table types, either or not
> in floats with repeated head (and tail) sections, optionally with
> automatic (may become default) caption height detection etc. It works ok
> on some simple test files, but I have no time to test more obscure
> situations.
> 
> I'm not that sure if everything is downward compatible, but splitting is
> always tricky (and demanded some intervention) anyway. So, if you are
> using this kind of functionality, go ahead, download and test ..
> 
> \setupTABLE[split=repeat]
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=11]
>   {\placetable{\dorecurse{10}{test\recurselevel\endgraf}}}
>   {\bTABLE\dorecurse{100}{\bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR}\eTABLE}
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=0]
>   {}
>   {\bTABLE\dorecurse{100}{\bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR}\eTABLE}
> \input tufte \endgraf \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \bTABLE\dorecurse{100}{\bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR}\eTABLE
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \setuptabulate[split=yes]
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=11]
>   {\placetable{\dorecurse{10}{test\recurselevel\endgraf}}}
>   {\starttabulate\dorecurse{200}{\NC test \NC test \NC \NR}\stoptabulate}
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=0]
>   {}
>   {\starttabulate\dorecurse{200}{\NC test \NC test \NC \NR}\stoptabulate}
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \starttabulate\dorecurse{200}{\NC test \NC test \NC \NR}\stoptabulate
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \setuptables[split=yes]
> 
> \newtoks\TestToks
> 
> \TestToks\emptytoks
> \appendtoks\starttablehead\to\TestToks
> \dorecurse{3}{\appendtoks\VL head \VL head \VL \SR\to\TestToks}
> \appendtoks\stoptablehead\to\TestToks
> \appendtoks\starttabletail\to\TestToks
> \dorecurse{3}{\appendtoks\VL tail \VL tail \VL \SR\to\TestToks}
> \appendtoks\stoptabletail\to\TestToks
> \appendtoks\starttables[|c|c|]\to\TestToks
> \dorecurse{100}{\appendtoks\VL test \VL test \VL \SR\to\TestToks}
> \appendtoks\stoptables\to\TestToks
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=auto] % [lines=11]
>   {\placetable{\dorecurse{10}{test\recurselevel\endgraf}}}
>   {\the\TestToks}
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=0]
>   {}
>   {\the\TestToks}
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \the\TestToks
> \input tufte \page
> 
> Watch the lines=auto option! Mechanisms like this will never be perfect,
> but I think that the cleanup is not that bad. Especially the \startable
> bits and pieces needs some more testing, but then, i need to cleanup up
> that code anyway (write a cleaner version of that whole table mechanism).
> 
> Hans
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>                                           Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE
>               Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
>      tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com
>                                              | www.pragma-pod.nl
> -----------------------------------------------------------------

Re: splitting tables

[Hans Hagen]

Johannes Graumann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to explicitly thank Hans for these changes to the table splitting,
> which is giving my thesis the last touches. 
>
> Thanks you for your openness towards ConTeXt's users - even the more
> obnoxiously insisting ones ;0)
>   
well, it wasn't working ok, so it needed to be fixed ...

Hans