Macros in \start-stopTABLE

Macros in \start-stopTABLE

[Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد]

Dear gang,

In the following, the first table works and the second one does not:

=====================
\setupbodyfont[tt]
\definefont[ALM][file:almfixed.otf*arabic at 12pt]
\setupdirections[bidi=global]

\define\NCR{\NC \righttoleft \ }
\define\NCL{\NC \lefttoright \ }

\setupTABLE[c][each][width=1in]

\starttext
\ALM
\placetable[right,none]{}
{\startTABLE
\NC Text 1 \NC \righttoleft النص 1 \NC\NR
\stopTABLE}

\placetable[right,none]{}
{\startTABLE
\NC Text 2 \NCR النص 2 \NC\NR
\stopTABLE}
\stopalignment
=====================

gives

"I've run across a `}' that doesn't seem to match anything."

What do I need to do to get this macro right here?

Best wishes
Idris
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Professor of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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Re: Macros in \start-stopTABLE

[Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 21:50:06 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد  
<ishamid@colostate.edu> wrote:

> \stopalignment

Note: That line is spurious and is *not* part of the problem (as it might  
appear at first guess). Removing it will give the same error.

Best wishes
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Professor of Philosophy
Colorado State University
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Re: Macros in \start-stopTABLE

[Pablo Rodriguez]

On 11/16/2014 05:50 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
> Dear gang,
> 
> In the following, the first table works and the second one does not:
> [...]
> What do I need to do to get this macro right here?

Hi Idris,

I don’t know how you could make it work with TABLE, but your macro seems
to work with xtables:

    \setupbodyfont[tt]
    \definefont[ALM][file:almfixed.otf*arabic at 12pt]
    \setupdirections[bidi=global]

    \define\NCD{\stopxcell\startxcell\righttoleft}

    \setupxtable[width=1in]

    \starttext
    \ALM
    \placetable[right,none]{}
    {\startxtable
        \startxrow
            \startxcell Text 2 \NCD النص 2 \stopxcell
         \stopxrow
    \stopxtable}
    \stoptext

Just in case it helps,


Pablo
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Re: Macros in \start-stopTABLE

[Hans Hagen]

On 11/16/2014 5:50 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
> Dear gang,
>
> In the following, the first table works and the second one does not:
>
> =====================
> \setupbodyfont[tt]
> \definefont[ALM][file:almfixed.otf*arabic at 12pt]
> \setupdirections[bidi=global]
>
> \define\NCR{\NC \righttoleft \ }
> \define\NCL{\NC \lefttoright \ }
>
> \setupTABLE[c][each][width=1in]
>
> \starttext
> \ALM
> \placetable[right,none]{}
> {\startTABLE
> \NC Text 1 \NC \righttoleft النص 1 \NC\NR
> \stopTABLE}
>
> \placetable[right,none]{}
> {\startTABLE
> \NC Text 2 \NCR النص 2 \NC\NR
> \stopTABLE}
> \stopalignment
> =====================
>
> gives
>
> "I've run across a `}' that doesn't seem to match anything."
>
> What do I need to do to get this macro right here?

don't confuse starttable and startTABLE (used \bTR etc)

Hans

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Re: Macros in \start-stopTABLE

[Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 06:18:02 -0700, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> don't confuse starttable and startTABLE (used \bTR etc)

Ah.. looking at the code here:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TABLE#TABLEs_with_old_table_syntax

I guess it's not worth investing in the low-level trickery to force this;  
I'll try a different tables method.

Best wishes
Idris
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Professor of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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Re: Macros in \start-stopTABLE

[Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:24:57 -0700, Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es> wrote:

> On 11/16/2014 05:50 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
>> Dear gang,
>>
>> In the following, the first table works and the second one does not:
>> [...]
>> What do I need to do to get this macro right here?
>
> Hi Idris,
>
> I don’t know how you could make it work with TABLE, but your macro seems
> to work with xtables:
>
>     \setupbodyfont[tt]
>     \definefont[ALM][file:almfixed.otf*arabic at 12pt]
>     \setupdirections[bidi=global]
>
>     \define\NCD{\stopxcell\startxcell\righttoleft}
>
>     \setupxtable[width=1in]
>
>     \starttext
>     \ALM
>     \placetable[right,none]{}
>     {\startxtable
>         \startxrow
>             \startxcell Text 2 \NCD النص 2 \stopxcell
>          \stopxrow
>     \stopxtable}
>     \stoptext
>
> Just in case it helps,

Very helpful, I'm switching to xtables. I hope we can get bidi-paragraph  
options for the cell commands built into the core so we needn't write out  
\righttoleft etc.... e.g.

\start-stopxcellR, \start-stopxcellL

Thanks a lot and

Best wishes
Idris
-- 
Idris Samawi Hamid
Professor of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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