Difference between revisions of "Tables Overview"

From Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(table formatting)
m (→‎Features: fitting to the given table width possible (thank you, Vit); links to documentation added)
Line 78: Line 78:
 
<td><cmd>SetTableToWidth</cmd></td>
 
<td><cmd>SetTableToWidth</cmd></td>
 
<td><cmd>SetTableToWidth</cmd></td>
 
<td><cmd>SetTableToWidth</cmd></td>
<td>no</td>
+
<td>
 +
<texcode>
 +
\setupTABLE
 +
[option=stretch,
 +
textwidth=10cm]
 +
</texcode></td>
 
<td>unknown</td>
 
<td>unknown</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
Line 100: Line 105:
 
\stoptext
 
\stoptext
 
</texcode></td>
 
</texcode></td>
<td>no setup for heights and widths</td>
+
<td>no setup for heights and widths (???)</td>
 
<td>still experimental, nearly no documentation</td>
 
<td>still experimental, nearly no documentation</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">documentation (except wiki)</th>
 
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">documentation (except wiki)</th>
<td>cont-enp.pdf, core-tbl.tex</td>
+
<td>[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf cont-eni.pdf], [http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/core-tbl.tex core-tbl.tex]</td>
<td>mp-cb-en.pdf, core-tab.tex</td>
+
<td>[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mp-cb-en.pdf ms-cb-en.pdf], [http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/core-tab.tex core-tab.tex]</td>
<td>core-tab.tex</td>
+
<td>[http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/core-tab.tex core-tab.tex]</td>
<td>enattab.pdf, NaturalTables.pdf, core-ntb.tex</td>
+
<td>[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/enattab.pdf enattab.pdf], [http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/NaturalTables.pdf NaturalTables.pdf], [http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/core-ntb.tex core-ntb.tex]</td>
<td>core-ltb.tex</td>
+
<td>[http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/core-ltb.tex core-ltb.tex]</td>
 
</tr></table>
 
</tr></table>

Revision as of 18:18, 4 September 2005

< Visuals | Structurals >

ConTeXt has a whole bunch of possibilities to typeset tables. Not each provides everything you may need, and the older ones are deprecated.

Features

Featuretabulatetable tablesTABLElinetable
horizonal lines \HL \HL \HL
\setupTABLE
[topframe=on]
or
\setupTABLE
[bottomframe=on]
unknown
vertical lines no \VL \VL
\setupTABLE
[leftframe=on]
or
\setupTABLE
[rightframe=on]
unknown
multipage yes no yes yes, with split=yes or split=repeat yes, even horizontally
repeated header no no \starttablehead
\bTABLE
[split=repeat]
\bTABLEhead
...
\eTABLEhead
yes
repeated footer no no \starttabletail no yes
automatic fitting to given table width no \SetTableToWidth \SetTableToWidth
\setupTABLE
[option=stretch,
 textwidth=10cm]
unknown
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
no setup for heights and widths (???) still experimental, nearly no documentation
documentation (except wiki) cont-eni.pdf, core-tbl.tex ms-cb-en.pdf, core-tab.tex core-tab.tex enattab.pdf, NaturalTables.pdf, core-ntb.tex core-ltb.tex