From: "Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد" <ishamid@colostate.edu>
To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: imbalanced columns
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:53:12 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.vfv3myqfpw6hmh@ishamid-pc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C3EC7BF.2020804@gmx.net>
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On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:33:03 -0600, Peter Rolf <indiego@gmx.net> wrote:
> has to do with the way the column width is calculated. the combined
> entries (2+3,4+5) in row one can only influence (increase) the total
> width of the involved columns, but they can not give an answer to the
> question how wide the single columns should be.
> in the end you need a linear system of equations (and metapost) to solve
> this. and there is also no guarantee that it is solvable in all (more
> complex) cases.
> col2=col3; col4=col5;
> col2+col3= ....;
> col4+col5= ....;
Ok... But it seems inescapable that this is a bug in some sense. If we
simplify things, compare
======================================
\starttext
\starttables[|c|c|]
\HL
\VL \Use{2}[c]{B} \VL\AR
\HL
\VL B \VL B \VL\AR
\HL
\stoptables
\blank
\starttables[|c|c|]
\HL
\VL \Use{2}[c]{BBBBBBB} \VL\AR
\HL
\VL B \VL B \VL\AR
\HL
\stoptables
\stoptext
====================================
Your mathematical explanation makes sense, but to a new user I doubt one
could convince him/her that the second table is a feature and not a bug.
But I understand that the challenge may be complicated.
Till then, we need a simple workaround if that's possible.
> also: i can't imagine how a user interface for this should look like.
\setuptables[spanalign=balance]
or something....
>>> maybe like this...
>>
>> That's a great workaround, and I appreciate it. But what about new
>> users? There has got to be a more elegant solution to this seemingly
>> simple table. Row two just does not look right...
>>
> true, but this is font related. you can see this by using
> \ruledhbox{ʿAlī}. you have to add some manual kerning (\kern-0.??em ...)
> then.
I don't see the font-relatedness, even with \ruledhbox... Hence the above
simple test case.
As we work to bring ConTeXt to a wider audience -- I'm currently involved
with such efforts, we should keep track of outwardly "simple" cases like
the above ...
Thanks again and
Best wishes
Idris
--
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Shīʿī Studies
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-14 18:42 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-07-14 18:51 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-07-14 20:26 ` Peter Rolf
2010-07-15 0:35 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-07-15 8:33 ` Peter Rolf
2010-07-15 14:53 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد [this message]
2010-07-15 17:12 ` Peter Rolf
2010-07-15 17:16 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-07-15 17:28 ` Peter Rolf
2010-07-15 18:04 ` Peter Rolf
2010-07-15 17:24 ` Peter Rolf
2010-07-15 17:37 ` Aditya Mahajan
2010-07-15 17:45 ` Tables for newbies [WAS Re: imbalanced columns] Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-07-15 17:57 ` luigi scarso
2010-07-15 18:42 ` Hans Hagen
2010-07-16 13:05 ` Peter Münster
2010-07-16 15:51 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-07-16 18:21 ` luigi scarso
2010-07-15 18:43 ` imbalanced columns Hans Hagen
2010-07-15 18:47 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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