Re: choice for table material

["Eckhart Guthöhrlein" <eckhart_guthoehrlein@public.uni-hamburg.de>]

At 18:23 04.07.2001 +0200, I wrote:
>I am a bit confused about the different possibilities to typeset tables, 
>so let me first outline how I have understood things. If a table may be 
>split across pages, tabulate is the one to choose. If not, there are two 
>possibilities: table and TABLE. TABLE is the most recent development. Is 
>it principally more advanced and preferrable to table, which would mean 
>that table is there for backward compatibility reasons only, or are there 
>effects which can be achieved with table, but not with TABLE?

Well, I have learned in the meantime, sorry if my posting was a bit 
premature. tabulate can very well be used for tables in floating objects, 
and it's interface is flexible and well documented, so it will probably 
become my preferred choice for now. TABLE is beta, and since the 
documentation is beta, too, it's perhaps a good idea to wait some time, 
especially if one is in a hurry to get things finished - like I am at 
present. But I must say that it looks like a very promising concept for the 
future.

Eckhart