From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/92376 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: creating multirow curly brace in tables to symbolize row span Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:05:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20150819210551.GH26883@kip-desktop> <20150820175753.GF4486@houseag.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-1774104134-1440093954=:23396" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1440094018 25252 80.91.229.3 (20 Aug 2015 18:06:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:06:58 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Aug 20 20:06:41 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZSUEZ-00041M-3r for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:06:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D381022B for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:06:38 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id RhmtgxynAea9 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:06:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F93F1023A for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:06:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14507101F9 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:06:04 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id AwMLNs0O6jVL for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:06:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A91A0101F7 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:05:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.12.86]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-4) with ESMTP id t7KI5t9g010323 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:05:57 +0200 Original-Received: FROM Decentralized.ECE.McGill.CA (Decentralized.ECE.McGill.CA [132.206.69.142]) By tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 55D61701.DB109.10707 ; Authuser adityam; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:05:53 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20150820175753.GF4486@houseag.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.03 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: ntg-context@ntg.nl, base:default, @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=141.211.12.86; country=US; region=Michigan; city=Ann Arbor; latitude=42.2668; longitude=-83.8562; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.2668,-83.8562&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 03P765UK6 - bbbdad5970eb - 20150820 (trained as not-spam) Received-SPF: pass (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net: domain of adityam@umich.edu designates 141.211.12.86 as permitted sender) receiver=filter3-ams.mf.surf.net; client-ip=141.211.12.86; envelope-from=; helo=tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu; identity=mailfrom X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: "ntg-context" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:92376 Archived-At: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-1774104134-1440093954=:23396 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Thu, 20 Aug 2015, Henry House wrote: > List: > > I'm trying to create a table with this effect: > > Parcel |Area > =E2=8E=A7 | 1 acre trees > parcel 1 =E2=8E=A8 | 2 acre vines > =E2=8E=A9 | 3 acre open > =E2=8E=A7 | 5 acre trees > parcel 2 =E2=8E=A8 | 6 acre vines > =E2=8E=A9 | 4 acre open > > > In other words, I would like a big curly bracket with leftwards point spa= nning > three table rows to tell the reader that the leftmost column's entries ap= ply to > a three-row span in the next column (a style often seen in tables in olde= r > books). > > Any suggestions on how I can either make these symbols render, or a diffe= rent > approach to achieve my goal? As an alternative, have you considered separating the groups by white=20 space. 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