Re: differences of table modes

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 18:32 12/06/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Ahoi!
>
>I just reviewed my german ConTeXt tutorial and tried to tell the truth
>about all the table modes. Please correct me if I'm wrong:
>
>* tabulate
>- can break over several pages
>- [start|stop]tabulate[head|tail] should define a repeated head/tail,
>   but it doesn't work

works here

\starttext

\starttabulatehead
   \NC left \NC right \NC \NR
\stoptabulatehead

\starttabulate[|l|r|]
   \NC l \NC r \NC \NR
\stoptabulate

\stoptext


>- documented in the manual (cont-en[i|p])

- handles (multiple) paragraphs with the "p" template entry
- works well with grids
- supports text backgrounds


>* table
>- cannot break
>- based on Wichura's TaBlE (others not)
>- can be used as float (others not?)

all can be used as floats

>- documentation commercial at pctex.com (39 $),
>   partly docs in "ConTeXt - an excursion" (m[s|p]-cb-en)
>
>* tables
>- same as table, but can break over several pages
>- [start|stop]table[head|tail] works
>- nowhere documented?

in my still to be included chapter if the manual it is -)

>* TABLE
>- didn't try page breaks yet; should it work?

yes, if split is set to yes

>- [b|e]TABLE works; should [start|stop]TABLE also?

no, at least not yet; has to do with grabbing

>- docs: up-to-date 8 (no link on HP!), enattab
>
>* new table mode?
>I remember Hans wrote about a new enhanced table
>mode, but can't find the mail.

core-ltb: line tables, auto break vertically and horizontally across pages, 
repeated rows / columns, etc

will be documented

Hans
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