Re: Table problem

[Tarik Kara <ktarik@Bilkent.EDU.TR>]

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Eckhart, thanks for the solutions and the explanations. I wish more was
translated to english. Also more documentation on math would be nice. But
given all that Hans is doing I can't ask for more. Good luck with your
thesis and thanks again.

Have fun,

Tar{\i}k

On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Eckhart [iso-8859-1] Guthöhrlein wrote:

> 
> I'm just switching from LaTeX, too, so don't expect too much from me. But I 
> think that
> 
>     \starttable[|l|c|c|c|]
>        \NC                  \NC   \NC\TWO{Agent 2}                   \NC\SR
>        \NC                  \NC   \NC C             \NC D             \NC\SR
>        \DC                  \DC   \DL[2]                              \DR
>        \NC \LOW{Agent 1}   \NC C \VL $(-5,-5)$     \VL $(-1,-10)$    \VL\SR
>        \DC                  \DC   \DL[2]                              \DR
>        \NC                  \NC D \VL $(-10,-1)$    \VL $(-2,-2)$     \VL\SR
>        \DC                  \DC   \DL[2]                              \DR
>     \stoptable
> 
> solves your problem. A possibility for the alignment at the comma may be
> 
>     \starttable[|l|c|r s0|l s3 |r s0 |l s3|]
>        \NC                  \NC   \NC\FOUR\JustCenter{Agent 
> 2}                   \NC\SR
>        \NC                  \NC   \NC\TWO\JustCenter{C}   \NC 
> \TWO\JustCenter{D}             \NC\SR
>        \DC                  \DC   \DL[4]                              \DR
>        \NC \LOW{Agent 1}   \NC C \VL $(-5$ \NC $,-5)$     \VL $(-1$ \NC 
> $,-10)$    \VL\SR
>        \DC                  \DC   \DL[4]                              \DR
>        \NC                  \NC D \VL $(-10$ \NC $,-1)$   \VL $(-2$ \NC 
> $,-2)$     \VL\SR
>        \DC                  \DC   \DL[4]                              \DR
>     \stoptable
> 
> This is something like r@{,}l in LaTeX... At least it works. I put the 
> comma in the second column to get correct spacing. Maybe Hans or another 
> more experienced contexter knows a better solution to the alignment 
> problem. With natural tables, there is an alignment character, but I don't 
> know if this is the case with table and tabulate, too. And I'm not sure if 
> it could actually work in this case, since you don't simply want to type a 
> number with a decimal comma, but a pair of numbers in math mode, separated 
> by a comma.
> The vertical alignment of 'Agent 1' is not perfect, though. Time for a 
> question: Is there a possibility to span an arbitrary number of rows and 
> align some text vertically centered in the resulting space? (ny=3 like in 
> natural tables, with additional centering?) The multirow package does this 
> for latex (quite well, except for very special cases).
> Btw, there are some examples of tables in the beginners' manual which are 
> not (yet?) in the english beta reference manual, so you may want to have a 
> look at this.
> I think tables are a topic where the context documentation (at least the 
> english one) ought to be extended, especially for newcomers and 'converts' 
> from latex. As soon as I am more experienced, and as soon as I have 
> finished my current work (diploma thesis), I would be willing make 
> contributions in this area (although the first precondition might take some 
> time...)
> 
> Eckhart
> 
> 
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