Re: Natural table + interlinespacing

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> I don't know if we're talking about the same problem, but what I hate
> about natural tables as well (although I use them all the time) is
> very bad spacing: horizontal offset is too narrow and vertical offset
> is too big (well, it also depends on content, but in general
> "\starttable/tabulate" looks much better regarding spacing).
>
> If I want smaller table I usually do
> \startbuffer[name]
> .... table ...
> \stopbuffer
> \externalfigure[\jobname-name.tmp][scale=...]
>
> but that is not *the* solution. Tables still look "bad" that way. The
> main problem is that there is no special parameter for "horizonal
> offset" and "vertical offset" for \framed, otherwise the user could
> modify that at least to some extent. I have no idea how "usual tables"
> create "nice spacing".
>   
the ofsset is around all edged (maybe some day i will add more offsets but only when my machine is 10 times faster) 

the vertical spacing is just as in normal text and is detemined by the strutheight / depth and lineheight; of course you can change that but it may make your docs sensitive for unequal spacing 

tabulate uses the line parameters as well  and the other table mechanism as (imo) bad spacing in paragraphs anyway 

anyhow, you can make 'm as ugly as you want 

\starttext

\setupcolors[state=start]

\startsetups mojca
    \setupinterlinespace[.8]
    \leftskip2em
    \rightskip2em
\stopsetups

\setupTABLE [setups=mojca]

\setupTABLE [y]    [first][background=color,backgroundcolor=blue,frame=off,bottomframe=on,topframe=on,framecolor=white]
\setupTABLE [first][first][backgroundcorner=2,corner=10,frame=on]
\setupTABLE [last] [first][backgroundcorner=4,corner=12,frame=on]

\setupTABLE [row]  [each] [background=color,backgroundcolor=blue,frame=on,framecolor=white]
\setupTABLE [first][2]    [corner=8]
\setupTABLE [last] [2]    [corner=5]
\setupTABLE [first][last] [corner=7]
\setupTABLE [last] [last] [corner=6]

\startTEXpage
\bTABLE[frame=off,align=middle]
\bTR \bTD one   \eTD \bTD two    \eTD \bTD three \eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD first \eTD \bTD second \eTD \bTD third \eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD alpha \eTD \bTD beta   \eTD \bTD gamma \eTD \eTR
\eTABLE
\stopTEXpage

\stoptext

the corner trickery is in the latest beta (made that today) - don't ask why -)  

Hans 

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