From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/36758 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: starttabulate questions Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:11:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20070924224136.GL13370@obiit.org> <20070925115755.GM13370@obiit.org> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190767528 3255 80.91.229.12 (26 Sep 2007 00:45:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:45:28 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Sep 26 02:45:23 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IaL1n-0005zu-0y for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:45:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1DD51FBC5; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:45:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08385-09; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:45:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA1D21FB9F; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:12:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0220A1FB9F for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:11:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03158-03-7 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:11:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hellskitchen.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.82]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 745E21FB98 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:11:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: FROM aditya.annarb01.mi.comcast.net (adsl-68-79-103-226.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net [68.79.103.226]) BY hellskitchen.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 46F9A3C1.7EE48.26412 ; 25 Sep 2007 20:11:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070925115755.GM13370@obiit.org> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:36758 Archived-At: On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 07:52:00PM -0400, Aditya Mahajan said that >> Tabulate started as a mechanism to replace table, so the syntax was >> kept the same. Right now, tabulate does not implement vertical rules, >> so in the context of tabulate, having a last \NC seems redundant. As >> far as I understand, tabulate is supposed to ultimately backward >> compatible with table, and features will be added according to user >> demands or Hans needs. > > thanks for the great explanation. > > anybody writing a context book by a chance for publishing? :D I think that the book has been in the planning stage for a long time. The trouble with writing a book is that it takes a long time. I have started a series of articles in Tugboat on context, so I shall have enough material for a book in ... eh ... about 5 years :) Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________