Re: splitting tables

[Johannes Graumann <johannes_graumann@web.de>]

Hello,

I'd like to explicitly thank Hans for these changes to the table splitting,
which is giving my thesis the last touches. 

Thanks you for your openness towards ConTeXt's users - even the more
obnoxiously insisting ones ;0)

Joh

Hans Hagen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I will upload an alpha release with a cleaned up table (float) split
> mechanism. The splitter works for all three table types, either or not
> in floats with repeated head (and tail) sections, optionally with
> automatic (may become default) caption height detection etc. It works ok
> on some simple test files, but I have no time to test more obscure
> situations.
> 
> I'm not that sure if everything is downward compatible, but splitting is
> always tricky (and demanded some intervention) anyway. So, if you are
> using this kind of functionality, go ahead, download and test ..
> 
> \setupTABLE[split=repeat]
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=11]
>   {\placetable{\dorecurse{10}{test\recurselevel\endgraf}}}
>   {\bTABLE\dorecurse{100}{\bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR}\eTABLE}
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=0]
>   {}
>   {\bTABLE\dorecurse{100}{\bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR}\eTABLE}
> \input tufte \endgraf \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \bTABLE\dorecurse{100}{\bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR}\eTABLE
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \setuptabulate[split=yes]
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=11]
>   {\placetable{\dorecurse{10}{test\recurselevel\endgraf}}}
>   {\starttabulate\dorecurse{200}{\NC test \NC test \NC \NR}\stoptabulate}
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=0]
>   {}
>   {\starttabulate\dorecurse{200}{\NC test \NC test \NC \NR}\stoptabulate}
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \starttabulate\dorecurse{200}{\NC test \NC test \NC \NR}\stoptabulate
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \setuptables[split=yes]
> 
> \newtoks\TestToks
> 
> \TestToks\emptytoks
> \appendtoks\starttablehead\to\TestToks
> \dorecurse{3}{\appendtoks\VL head \VL head \VL \SR\to\TestToks}
> \appendtoks\stoptablehead\to\TestToks
> \appendtoks\starttabletail\to\TestToks
> \dorecurse{3}{\appendtoks\VL tail \VL tail \VL \SR\to\TestToks}
> \appendtoks\stoptabletail\to\TestToks
> \appendtoks\starttables[|c|c|]\to\TestToks
> \dorecurse{100}{\appendtoks\VL test \VL test \VL \SR\to\TestToks}
> \appendtoks\stoptables\to\TestToks
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=auto] % [lines=11]
>   {\placetable{\dorecurse{10}{test\recurselevel\endgraf}}}
>   {\the\TestToks}
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \splitfloat[lines=0]
>   {}
>   {\the\TestToks}
> \input tufte \page
> 
> \input tufte \endgraf
> \the\TestToks
> \input tufte \page
> 
> Watch the lines=auto option! Mechanisms like this will never be perfect,
> but I think that the cleanup is not that bad. Especially the \startable
> bits and pieces needs some more testing, but then, i need to cleanup up
> that code anyway (write a cleaner version of that whole table mechanism).
> 
> Hans
> 
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