From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/12472 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: differences of table modes Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:15:56 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.1.20030614111103.02d168c0@localhost> References: <7D4ADFB2-9CF3-11D7-A4AC-0030659899AA@fiee.net> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055583741 3699 80.91.224.249 (14 Jun 2003 09:42:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:42:21 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Sat Jun 14 11:42:19 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19R7YA-0000xT-00 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:42:18 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D10710B48; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:44:56 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from mail.solcon.nl (mail.solcon.nl [212.45.33.11]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1D710AB6 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:34:10 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from server-1.pragma-net.nl (wc-58016.solcon.nl [212.45.58.16]) by mail.solcon.nl (8.12.9/SQL-8.12.9-10/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h5E9Y6VP003006 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:34:06 +0200 Original-Received: from laptop-3.wxs.nl (server-1.pragma-net.nl [10.100.1.1]) by server-1.pragma-net.nl (8.12.3/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h5E9Xx0e026901 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:34:06 +0200 X-Sender: hagen-mail@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <7D4ADFB2-9CF3-11D7-A4AC-0030659899AA@fiee.net> X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.1(snapshot 20020919) (mail.solcon.nl) Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:12472 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:12472 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------