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From: "Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد" <ishamid@colostate.edu>
To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Center alignment within TABLE
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:01:10 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.xksg38i9fkrasx@ishamid-pc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <531E21DD-68F6-49BC-9AC9-9834C24848DC@gmail.com>

On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:46:01 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster  
<schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Am 18.08.2014 um 07:15 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد  
> <ishamid@colostate.edu>:
>
>> Dear syndicate,
>>
>> I'm stumped trying to get the first two cells of the following TABLE  
>> aligned to the center:
>>
>> ======================
>> \define[3]\Glyphbox
>>  {\framed[frame=on,align=middle]\bgroup
>>     {#1\\
>>     #2\\
>>     #3%
>>   \egroup}}
>
> Please check this: \bgroup { … \egroup }

Yes, took out the font-dependent line to make a minimal example and that  
got mixed up... still compiled correctly interestingly...

>> \starttext
>> \setupTABLE[frame=on,align=middle]
>> \bTABLE
>> \bTR \bTD \Glyphbox{I}{a}{1} \eTD
>>     \bTD \Glyphbox{I}{a}{1} \eTD
>> \eTR
>> \bTR \bTD \Glyphbox{III}{aaa}{111} \eTD
>>     \bTD \Glyphbox{III}{aaa}{111} \eTD
>> \eTR
>> \eTABLE
>> \stoptext
>> ======================
>>
>> See also attached pdf. No what I've tried (\setupTABLE) the first two  
>> cells remain flushleft. Even with
>>
>> \setupTABLE[frame=on,align=flushright]
>>
>> the two cells in the top row remain flushleft. Thanks in advance for  
>> any advice and
>
> 1. You need \dontleavehmode in front of the \framed.
>
> 2. You need \setupTABLE[start][..,..=..,..] because \bTABLE sets a  
> default value for the align key which can’t be overwritten with a simple  
> \setupTABLE[..,..=..,..].

Wow... Now *this* is one that would be instructive to place on the wiki.  
(Is '\setupTABLE[start]' documented anywhere else?) Thanks, Wolfgang!

Best wishes
Idris
-- 
Idris Samawi Hamid
Professor of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-18 13:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-18  5:15 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2014-08-18  7:46 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2014-08-18 13:01   ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد [this message]
2014-08-18 18:35     ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد

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