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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''')
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* [[xtables]] (extreme tables – mostly compatible to natural tables, better for page breaking)
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* framed tables (for simple tables that span hundreds of pages)
  
 
Older ones:
 
Older ones:
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* [[Table]] (TaBlE, '''deprecated''')
 
* [[Table]] (TaBlE, '''deprecated''')
 
* [[Tables]] (multipage TaBlE, '''deprecated''')
 
* [[Tables]] (multipage TaBlE, '''deprecated''')
 +
* [[Linetable]] ("new" multipage tables, '''experimental''' and probably obsolete)
  
 +
Note that you can use natural and extreme tables with the old Table/Tabulate syntax. (To make this even more confusing...)
  
 
If you have simple tables with lots of contents, and you're tired of typing <code>\bTR\bTD</code>s or <code>\NC\NR</code>s, you can also have a look at
 
If you have simple tables with lots of contents, and you're tired of typing <code>\bTR\bTD</code>s or <code>\NC\NR</code>s, you can also have a look at
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<table style="border:1px solid #DDDDDD; width:100%" align="left" valign="top">
 
<table style="border:1px solid #DDDDDD; width:100%" align="left" valign="top">
 
<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>
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<th>Feature</th>
<th>[[Tables]]</th><th>[[TABLE]]</th><th>[[Linetable]]</th>
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<th>[[Tabulate]]</th><th>[[Table]]/[[Tables]]</th>
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<th>[[TABLE]]</th><th>[[xtables]]</th><th>[[Linetable]]</th><th>[[framedtable]]</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>
<td><cmd>HL</cmd></td>
 
 
<td><cmd>HL</cmd></td>
 
<td><cmd>HL</cmd></td>
 
<td><cmd>HL</cmd></td>
 
<td><cmd>HL</cmd></td>
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[bottomframe=on]
 
[bottomframe=on]
 
</texcode></td>
 
</texcode></td>
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<td><texcode>\setupxtable[...]</texcode></td>
 
<td>unknown</td>
 
<td>unknown</td>
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<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">vertical lines</th>
 
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">vertical lines</th>
<td>no</td>
 
 
<td><cmd>VL</cmd></td>
 
<td><cmd>VL</cmd></td>
 
<td><cmd>VL</cmd></td>
 
<td><cmd>VL</cmd></td>
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[rightframe=on]
 
[rightframe=on]
 
</texcode></td>
 
</texcode></td>
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<td><texcode>\setupxtable[...]</texcode></td>
 
<td>unknown</td>
 
<td>unknown</td>
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<td>yes</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
 
<tr align="left" valign="top">
 
<tr align="left" valign="top">
 
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">multipage</th>
 
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">multipage</th>
 
<td>yes</td>
 
<td>yes</td>
<td>no</td>
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<td>no / yes (tables)</td>
<td>yes</td>
 
 
<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>
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<td>vertically yes, horizontally not but planned</td>
 
<td>yes, even horizontally</td>
 
<td>yes, even horizontally</td>
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<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]
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\setuptabulate
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[header=repeat]
 
\starttabulatehead
 
\starttabulatehead
 
...
 
...
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</texcode>
 
</texcode>
 
only one line</td>
 
only one line</td>
<td>no</td>
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<td>table<b>s</b> only:
<td><texcode>
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<texcode>
 
\setuptables
 
\setuptables
 
   [split=repeat]
 
   [split=repeat]
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\eTABLEhead
 
\eTABLEhead
 
</texcode></td>
 
</texcode></td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>yes</td>
 
<td>yes</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">repeated footer</th>
 
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">repeated footer</th>
 
<td>no</td>
 
<td>no</td>
<td>no</td>
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<td>table<b>s</b> only:
<td><texcode>
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<texcode>
 
\setuptables
 
\setuptables
 
   [split=repeat]
 
   [split=repeat]
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\stoptabletail
 
\stoptabletail
 
</texcode></td>
 
</texcode></td>
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<td>no?</td>
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<td>yes</td>
 
<td>no</td>
 
<td>no</td>
<td>yes</td>
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<td>unknown</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>
 
<td>no</td>
 
<td>no</td>
<td><cmd>SetTableToWidth</cmd></td>
 
 
<td><cmd>SetTableToWidth</cmd></td>
 
<td><cmd>SetTableToWidth</cmd></td>
 
<td>
 
<td>
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  textwidth=10cm]
 
  textwidth=10cm]
 
</texcode></td>
 
</texcode></td>
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<td>yes</td>
 +
<td>default</td>
 
<td>unknown</td>
 
<td>unknown</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>
 
<td>very limited</td>
 
<td>very limited</td>
<td>limited</td>
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<td>some limitations, problems with spacing
<td><texcode>
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<texcode>
 
\starttext
 
\starttext
 
\starttablehead
 
\starttablehead
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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>still experimental, nearly no documentation</td>
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<td>very verbose</td>
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<td>lack of documentation, just experimental</td>
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<td>limitations, lack of documentation</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
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<!-- Tabulate Table(s) TABLE xtable linetable framedtable -->
 
<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>
<td>[[manual:cont-eni.pdf|cont-eni.pdf]], [[source:tabl-tbl.mkii|tabl-tbl.mkii]], [http://www.ntg.nl/maps/pdf/22_28.pdf MAPS article]</td>
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<td>[http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf contextref.pdf], [[source:tabl-tbl.mkii|tabl-tbl.mkii]], [http://www.ntg.nl/maps/pdf/22_28.pdf MAPS article]</td>
 
<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>
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<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>[[manual:enattab.pdf|enattab.pdf]], [http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/NaturalTables.pdf NaturalTables.pdf], [[source:tabl-ntb.mkii|tabl-ntb.mkii]]</td>
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<td>[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf xtables-mkiv.pdf], [[source:tabl-xtb.lua|tabl-xtb.lua]]</td>
<td>[[source:tabl-ltb.mkii|tabl-ltb.mkii]]</td>
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<td>[[source:tabl-ltb.mkii|tabl-ltb.mkii]] / [[source:tabl-ltb.mkiv|tabl-ltb.mkiv]]</td>
</tr></table>
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<td>?</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
  
 
[[Category:Tables]]
 
[[Category:Tables]]

Revision as of 17:29, 13 October 2018

< 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)
  • xtables (extreme tables – mostly compatible to natural tables, better for page breaking)
  • framed tables (for simple tables that span hundreds of pages)

Older ones:

  • Table (TaBlE, deprecated)
  • Tables (multipage TaBlE, deprecated)
  • Linetable ("new" multipage tables, experimental and probably obsolete)

Note that you can use natural and extreme tables with the old Table/Tabulate syntax. (To make this even more confusing...)

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

Features

Feature TabulateTable/Tables TABLExtablesLinetableframedtable
horizonal lines \HL \HL
\setupTABLE
[topframe=on]
or
\setupTABLE
[bottomframe=on]
\setupxtable[...]
unknown yes
vertical lines \VL \VL
\setupTABLE
[leftframe=on]
or
\setupTABLE
[rightframe=on]
\setupxtable[...]
unknown yes
multipage yes no / yes (tables) yes, with split=yes or split=repeat vertically yes, horizontally not but planned yes, even horizontally yes
repeated header
\setuptabulate
[header=repeat]
\starttabulatehead
...
\stoptabulatehead
only one line
tables only:
\setuptables
  [split=repeat]

\starttablehead
...
\stoptablehead
\bTABLE
[split=repeat]
\bTABLEhead
...
\eTABLEhead
yes yes yes
repeated footer no tables only:
\setuptables
  [split=repeat]

\starttabletail
...
\stoptabletail
no? yes no unknown
automatic fitting to given table width no \SetTableToWidth
\setupTABLE
[option=stretch,
 textwidth=10cm]
yes default unknown
problems very limited some limitations, problems with spacing
\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 very verbose lack of documentation, just experimental limitations, lack of documentation
documentation (except wiki) contextref.pdf, tabl-tbl.mkii, MAPS article ms-cb-en.pdf, tabl-tab.mkii enattab.pdf, NaturalTables.pdf, tabl-ntb.mkii / tabl-ntb.mkiv xtables-mkiv.pdf, tabl-xtb.lua tabl-ltb.mkii / tabl-ltb.mkiv ?