From: Peter Rolf <indiego@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: split natural table over columns
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:14:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4519984A.1050802@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <97a06f070609261214t3ef122afn14621a56812c4ae1@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Johan,
Johan Sandblom wrote:
> Hi
>
>> But I don't understand why you want to split a table over columns. You
>> can reach this effect by using offsets (or empty columns if you use
>> backgrounds or frames), beside from the (in my eyes) strange look. And
>> how will you guarantee that a complete table line is horizontally
>> aligned inside of columns (and pages)? Sounds like overkill to me ;)
>
> I don't understand how you mean with offsets or empty columns, do you
> have an example? I wanted the functionality for a very narrow table in
> a booklet where paper economy is a great concern. It does not matter
> if it is horizontally aligned, a hole at the end (though ugly) might
> still save an entire page for other useful information. Of course it
> is overkill, but since every strange request on this list usually
> leads to a pointer to functionality implemented several years back, I
> figured it couldn't hurt to ask ...
>
Sorry, I have missed that your test table has only one column (really
narrow). So offset and empty column are pretty useless. :)
I thought there were 9 table columns, that should be split over the
three page columns.
So all depends on the exact size of your table. Can you make a minimal
example?
Greetings, Peter
> Johan
>
>> Peter
>>
>>> For instance below I would like three cells in each column
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>> \startcolumns{3}
>>> \placetable{}{
>>> \bTABLE[split=repeat]
>>> \dorecurse{9}{\bTR\bTD ha \eTD\eTR}
>>> \eTABLE}
>>> \stopcolumns
>>> \stoptext
>>>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-26 21:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-26 9:35 Johan Sandblom
2006-09-26 16:28 ` Hans Hagen
2006-09-26 17:27 ` Peter Rolf
2006-09-26 19:14 ` Johan Sandblom
2006-09-26 21:14 ` Peter Rolf [this message]
[not found] ` <97a06f070609270025w12937d62m1880e725eb00caf1@mail.gmail.com>
2006-09-27 9:14 ` Peter Rolf
2006-09-27 9:28 ` Johan Sandblom
2006-09-27 12:00 ` Peter Rolf
2006-09-27 12:12 ` Peter Rolf
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