Am 2017-04-09 um 16:53 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz :

On 04/09/2017 03:57 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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\starttext

\setuplinetable[n=2,lines=25] \setuplinetable[c][1][width=6cm] % ,background=color,backgroundcolor=red,color=white] \setuplinetable[c][1][width=6cm] % ,background=color,backgroundcolor=red,color=white] \setuplinetable[1][all][background=color,backgroundcolor=white]

\dontcomplain

Alright, so the answer is: "use linetables!" Thanks, Hans: I will play with them and report back!

Hm, at the meeting it looked like we should/could now use xtables for everything? Did I misunderstand you, Hans, that xtables can replace all the other kinds of tables? I assumed linetables were just another try and we could forget about them (you didn’t say that), and now you’re willing to add features, I’m a bit confused. Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net GPG Key ID 1C9B22FD

On 4/11/2017 4:17 PM, Alan Braslau wrote:

On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:02:38 +0200 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

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Hm, at the meeting it looked like we should/could now use xtables for everything? Did I misunderstand you, Hans, that xtables can replace all the other kinds of tables?

Perhaps this is a bug that could be fixed, but I have found that *only* natural tables (\bTABLE...\eTABLE) can be safely used within a (figure) caption, all other table or tabulation environments have given me errors.

it's more a tex issue ... just wrap a something more complex in a \vbox Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

On 4/10/2017 4:25 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

On 09.04.2017 15:57, Hans Hagen wrote:

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\starttext

\setuplinetable[n=2,lines=25] \setuplinetable[c][1][width=6cm] % ,background=color,backgroundcolor=red,color=white] \setuplinetable[c][1][width=6cm] % ,background=color,backgroundcolor=red,color=white] \setuplinetable[1][all][background=color,backgroundcolor=white]

\dontcomplain

\startlinetable \dorecurse{100}{ \dorecurse{100}{ \NC aaa \NC test test test test \NC \NR } } \stoplinetable

\page

Alright, I experimented a bit and am back with questions I couldn't solve by looking at the source:

1. How does the parameter lines=NUMBER work? If I set it, I get very weird page breaks in some locations and lines that are printed above each other in other places. When I leave it out, the table isn't typeset at all. I can't find the right parameter to have the table fill the entire page.

don't set it then (line tables are actually able to span pages horizontally)

2. Is it possible to get horizontal and vertical lines?

hm, currently not, but i can probably add some features Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

On 10.04.2017 17:07, Hans Hagen wrote:

don't set it then (line tables are actually able to span pages horizontally)

Hans, just in case it's useful: I have a small test file that shows my problem with linetables. The data comes from xml (of course...), but I have simply captured it in a lua table (in alphabet.lua). Look at p. 4, 10, 11, etc. All best Thomas