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From: Csikos Bela <bcsikos425@freemail.hu>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re: professional looking tables
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:26:53 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <freemail.20161222202653.70386.1@fmxmldata06.freemail.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13fa69c1-187e-3169-bdc8-2789efbf3ae2@wxs.nl>

Hans Hagen írta:
>On 12/22/2016 4:02 PM, Csikos Bela wrote:
>> Pablo Rodriguez írta:
>>> On 12/18/2016 07:19 PM, Csikos Bela wrote:
>>>> Dear context users:
>>>> [...]
>>>> I see that context offers several table environments. Which one of them
>>>> is suitable for making  professional (publication quality) tables?
>>>> [...]
>>>> Is this feasible in current context?
>>>
>>> Dear Csikos,
>>>
>>> http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf is your
>>> friend here.
>>
>> Thank you. I started to learn xtables but I have problems. When I use
>> toffset and boffset the table is not rendered correctly. The width of the
>> columns are not correct, the defined widths are not applied to the columns.
>> See my example code below and the corresponding pdf result, xtables example 1.
>> I use context beta standalone: ConTeXt  ver: 2016.10.12 17:26 MKIV beta  fmt: 2016.10.13  int: english/english.
>>
>> Code:
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> xtables example 1
>>
>> \startxtable[frame=off,topframe=on,bottomframe=on,toffset=0.4cm,boffset=0.6cm]
>>     \startxrow
>>         \startxcell[width=4cm] First Column \stopxcell
>>         \startxcell[width=5cm] Second Column \stopxcell
>>         \startxcell[width=2cm] Third Column \stopxcell
>>     \stopxrow
>>     \startxrow
>>         \startxcell Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa turpis, semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. \stopxcell
>>         \startxcell Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. \stopxcell
>>         \startxcell Lorem ipsum \stopxcell
>>     \stopxrow
>>     \startxrow
>>         \startxcell Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus \stopxcell
>>         \startxcell Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus \stopxcell
>>         \startxcell Pellentesque \stopxcell
>>     \stopxrow
>> \startxrow
>>         \startxcell Donec nunc lorem, sollicitudin vel sodales eget \stopxcell
>>         \startxcell Donec nunc lorem, sollicitudin vel sodales eget Donec nunc lorem, sollicitudin vel sodales eget \stopxcell
>>         \startxcell Donec \stopxcell
>>     \stopxrow
>> \stopxtable
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>> How can I fix this?
>
>\setupxtable[one]  [width=4cm]
>\setupxtable[two]  [width=5cm]
>\setupxtable[three][width=2cm]
>
>\startxtable[frame=off,topframe=on,bottomframe=on,toffset=0.4cm,boffset=0.6cm]
>     \startxrow
>         \startxcell[one]   First Column \stopxcell
>         \startxcell[two]   Second Column \stopxcell
>         \startxcell[three] Third Column \stopxcell
>     \stopxrow
>     \startxrow
>         \startxcell[one]   Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur 
>adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa turpis, semper quis fringilla ut, 
>viverra nec risus. \stopxcell
>         \startxcell[two]   Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur 
>adipiscing elit. \stopxcell
>         \startxcell[three] Lorem ipsum \stopxcell
>     \stopxrow
>     \startxrow
>         \startxcell[one]   Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique 
>senectus et netus \stopxcell
>         \startxcell[two]   Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique 
>senectus et netus \stopxcell
>         \startxcell[three] Pellentesque \stopxcell
>     \stopxrow
>     \startxrow
>         \startxcell[one]   Donec nunc lorem, sollicitudin vel sodales 
>eget \stopxcell
>         \startxcell[two]   Donec nunc lorem, sollicitudin vel sodales 
>eget Donec nunc lorem, sollicitudin vel sodales eget \stopxcell
>         \startxcell[three] Donec \stopxcell
>     \stopxrow
>\stopxtable
>

OK, this works.
Thank you for the very fast answer!

bcsikos
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-12-22 19:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-18 18:19 Csikos Bela
2016-12-18 21:01 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2016-12-22 15:02   ` Csikos Bela
2016-12-22 15:56     ` Hans Hagen
2016-12-22 19:26       ` Csikos Bela [this message]
2016-12-23 12:36       ` Csikos Bela
2016-12-30 15:28       ` xtables feature request, (professional looking tables) Csikos Bela
2016-12-23  2:53 ` professional looking tables Aditya Mahajan

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