Dear Denis,
> Le 27 nov. 2021 à 13:25, Denis Maier via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> a
> écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> I’m using tabulate for parallel texts (source and translation next to each
> other). The top of each table should consist of only one cell covering both
> columns with centered content. Is that possible?
>
> A HTML equivalent will look roughly like this:
>
> <table>
> <tr>
> <th colspan="2">Manuscript XY </th>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td>Some text in Greek or Hebrew or whatever</td>
> <td>This is the translation</td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
> With ConteXt I’d like to do something like this
>
> \starttabulate[|p(1.2cm)|p(1.2cm)|]
> \NC Manuscript XY \NR
> \NC Some text in Greek or Hebrew or whatever
> \NC This is the translation \NC \NR
>
> \stoptabulate
>
> This compiles (interestingly?), but the cells at the top aren’t merged.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> I know that natural tables offer more in this regard, but those seem not to
> be so well suited for parallel texts.
I switched to natural tables a long time ago and that's how I would do it:
\starttext
\bTABLE[width=8cm, frame=off]
\setupTABLE[c][1][roffset=0.5em]
\setupTABLE[c][2][loffset=0.5em]
\bTR
\bTD[nc=2, align=center, bottomframe=on] Manuscript XY \eTD
\eTR\bTR
\bTD
Some text in Greek or Hebrew or whatever.
The text can comprise multiple paragraphs.
Or even lists and other goodies :
\startitemize[intro, packed]
\item first item
\item second item
\stopitemize
\eTD\bTD
This is the translation
\eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
\stoptext
I haven't seen drawbacks with parallel texts (yet) and I found natural tables
very flexible.
Hope it helps,
--
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