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* [[Tabulate]] (tabulation, '''recommended for simple requirements''') | * [[Tabulate]] (tabulation, '''recommended for simple requirements''') | ||
* [[TABLE]] (natural tables, HTML tables, '''recommended''') | * [[TABLE]] (natural tables, HTML tables, '''recommended''') | ||
| − | * [[Linetable]] (new multipage tables, '''experimental''') | + | * [[Linetable]] (new multipage tables, '''experimental''' and probably obsolete) |
* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf xtables] (extreme tables) | * [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf xtables] (extreme tables) | ||
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<tr style="background-color:#DDDDDD" align="left" valign="top"> | <tr style="background-color:#DDDDDD" align="left" valign="top"> | ||
<th>Feature</th><th>[[Tabulate]]</th><th>[[Table]]</th> | <th>Feature</th><th>[[Tabulate]]</th><th>[[Table]]</th> | ||
| − | <th>[[Tables]]</th><th>[[TABLE]]</th><th>[[Linetable]]</th> | + | <th>[[Tables]]</th><th>[[TABLE]]</th><th>[[Linetable]]</th><th>[[xtables]]</th> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<tr align="left" valign="top"> | <tr align="left" valign="top"> | ||
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">horizonal lines</th> | <th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">horizonal lines</th> | ||
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</texcode></td> | </texcode></td> | ||
<td>unknown</td> | <td>unknown</td> | ||
| + | <td>yes</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"> | <tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"> | ||
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">vertical lines</th> | <th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">vertical lines</th> | ||
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</texcode></td> | </texcode></td> | ||
<td>unknown</td> | <td>unknown</td> | ||
| + | <td>yes</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<tr align="left" valign="top"> | <tr align="left" valign="top"> | ||
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">multipage</th> | <th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">multipage</th> | ||
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<td>yes, with <tt>split=yes</tt> or <tt>split=repeat</tt></td> | <td>yes, with <tt>split=yes</tt> or <tt>split=repeat</tt></td> | ||
<td>yes, even horizontally</td> | <td>yes, even horizontally</td> | ||
| + | <td>yes</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"> | <tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"> | ||
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">repeated header</th> | <th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">repeated header</th> | ||
<td><texcode> | <td><texcode> | ||
| − | \setuptabulate[header=repeat] | + | \setuptabulate |
| + | [header=repeat] | ||
\starttabulatehead | \starttabulatehead | ||
... | ... | ||
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\eTABLEhead | \eTABLEhead | ||
</texcode></td> | </texcode></td> | ||
| + | <td>yes</td> | ||
<td>yes</td> | <td>yes</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
| + | |||
<tr align="left" valign="top"> | <tr align="left" valign="top"> | ||
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">repeated footer</th> | <th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">repeated footer</th> | ||
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\stoptabletail | \stoptabletail | ||
</texcode></td> | </texcode></td> | ||
| + | <td>no</td> | ||
<td>no</td> | <td>no</td> | ||
<td>yes</td> | <td>yes</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
| + | |||
<tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"> | <tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"> | ||
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">automatic fitting to given table width</th> | <th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">automatic fitting to given table width</th> | ||
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</texcode></td> | </texcode></td> | ||
<td>unknown</td> | <td>unknown</td> | ||
| + | <td>default</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<tr align="left" valign="top"> | <tr align="left" valign="top"> | ||
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">problems</th> | <th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">problems</th> | ||
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</texcode></td> | </texcode></td> | ||
<td>there may be problems in width and height calculation and perhaps the multipage features</td> | <td>there may be problems in width and height calculation and perhaps the multipage features</td> | ||
| − | <td> | + | <td>experimental, nearly no documentation</td> |
| + | <td>very verbose</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"> | <tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"> | ||
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">documentation (except wiki)</th> | <th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">documentation (except wiki)</th> | ||
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<td>[[manual:mp-cb-en.pdf|ms-cb-en.pdf]], [[source:tabl-tab.mkii|tabl-tab.mkii]]</td> | <td>[[manual:mp-cb-en.pdf|ms-cb-en.pdf]], [[source:tabl-tab.mkii|tabl-tab.mkii]]</td> | ||
<td>[[source:tabl-tab.mkii|tabl-tab.mkii]]</td> | <td>[[source:tabl-tab.mkii|tabl-tab.mkii]]</td> | ||
| − | <td>[[manual:enattab.pdf|enattab.pdf]], [http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/NaturalTables.pdf NaturalTables.pdf], [[source:tabl-ntb.mkii|tabl-ntb.mkii]]</td> | + | <td>[[manual:enattab.pdf|enattab.pdf]], [http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/NaturalTables.pdf NaturalTables.pdf], [[source:tabl-ntb.mkii|tabl-ntb.mkii]] / [[source:tabl-ntb.mkiv|tabl-ntb.mkiv]]</td> |
| − | <td>[[source:tabl-ltb.mkii|tabl-ltb.mkii]]</td> | + | <td>[[source:tabl-ltb.mkii|tabl-ltb.mkii]] / [[source:tabl-ltb.mkiv|tabl-ltb.mkiv]]</td> |
| − | </tr></table> | + | <td>[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf xtables-mkiv.pdf]</td> |
| + | </tr> | ||
| + | </table> | ||
[[Category:Tables]] | [[Category:Tables]] | ||
Revision as of 08:48, 30 July 2015
< Visuals | Structurals >
ConTeXt has a whole bunch of possibilities to typeset tables. Not each provides everything you may need.
- Tabulate (tabulation, recommended for simple requirements)
- TABLE (natural tables, HTML tables, recommended)
- Linetable (new multipage tables, experimental and probably obsolete)
- xtables (extreme tables)
Older ones:
If you have simple tables with lots of contents, and you're tired of typing \bTR\bTDs or \NC\NRs, you can also have a look at
- database module and its manual.
- wikitable, a TABLE wrapper that uses MediaWiki syntax
- ConTeXt basics for users: Table macros and Table macros II by Aditya Mahajan (2007 and 2008).
Features
| Feature | Tabulate | Table | Tables | TABLE | Linetable | xtables |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| horizonal lines | \HL | \HL | \HL | \setupTABLE [topframe=on] or \setupTABLE [bottomframe=on] |
unknown | yes |
| vertical lines | no | \VL | \VL | \setupTABLE [leftframe=on] or \setupTABLE [rightframe=on] |
unknown | yes |
| multipage | yes | no | yes | yes, with split=yes or split=repeat | yes, even horizontally | yes |
| repeated header | \setuptabulate [header=repeat] \starttabulatehead ... \stoptabulateheadonly one line |
no | \setuptables [split=repeat] \starttablehead ... \stoptablehead |
\bTABLE [split=repeat] \bTABLEhead ... \eTABLEhead |
yes | yes |
| repeated footer | no | no | \setuptables [split=repeat] \starttabletail ... \stoptabletail |
no | no | yes |
| automatic fitting to given table width | no | \SetTableToWidth | \SetTableToWidth |
\setupTABLE [option=stretch, textwidth=10cm] |
unknown | default |
| problems | very limited | limited | \starttext \starttablehead \HL \stoptablehead \starttables[|l|l|] \dorecurse{50}{% \VL SomeText \VL SomeText \VL \AR} \stoptables Problem: top margin on first page is bigger. \stoptext |
there may be problems in width and height calculation and perhaps the multipage features | experimental, nearly no documentation | very verbose |
| documentation (except wiki) | contextref.pdf, tabl-tbl.mkii, MAPS article | ms-cb-en.pdf, tabl-tab.mkii | tabl-tab.mkii | enattab.pdf, NaturalTables.pdf, tabl-ntb.mkii / tabl-ntb.mkiv | tabl-ltb.mkii / tabl-ltb.mkiv | xtables-mkiv.pdf |
