aligning table in middle of page using startalignment

aligning table in middle of page using startalignment

[Mark A. Lilly]

these don't seem to work.
any thoughts?

\startalignment[middle]
\starttabulate[|l|p|]
\NC First edition: \NC 3 June 2003 \NC \NR
\NC Second impression, with corrections: \NC 2 July 2003 \NC \NR
\stoptabulate
\stopalignment

neither does this:
\startalignment[bottom]
\midaligned{\tfx IP}
\midaligned{\tfx Inkwell Press}
\stopalignment
\stopstandardmakeup

thanks,
mark

Re: aligning table in middle of page using startalignment

[Patrick Gundlach]

"Mark A. Lilly" <mlilly@tinorb.com> writes:

> these don't seem to work.
> any thoughts?

a) alignment doesn't really center something, it merely sets the
   raggedness (if I am wrong, somebody please tell me....)

b) |l|p| : you can't get this centered, because p always takes up
   full room.

try this:

\showframe
\startbuffer
\starttabulate[|l|p(4cm)|]
\NC First edition: \NC 3 June 2003 \NC \NR
\NC Second impression, with corrections: \NC 2 July 2003 \NC \NR
\stoptabulate
\stopbuffer
\starttext
\placetable[here]{none}{\getbuffer
}

\vfill

\getbuffer
\stoptext

\endinput


Patrick