Robert Engelhardt wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm a new ConTeXt user (started using it a few days ago) and I do have > three problems now with tables which I could not solve reading the manual > and the content of the ConTeXt wiki. I've created a minimal example (see > below) illustrating my problems: > > 1. How can create lines with different widths using the "\DL" command as > I do with "\HL[<factor>]" oder "\VL[<factor>]"? This would, in my > example, allow to align the "dummy<x>" text in the first table with the > numbers <x> in the second table. > > 2. How can I create a carriage return in the text of a table cell? > Neither "\crlf" nor "\\" do work (tried it with the "AAA" and "BBB" text > in the first table to get them into the same cell. > > 3. How can I synchronize the height of the first two lines of the first > table with those of the second table, no matter if there's a line between > the rows (as in the second table, a thin one as in my example or even a > fat one) or not (like in the first table which visually has a "big > cell")? Can I create an "invisible line"? How do I line up the "BBB" with > the "YYY / ZZZ" line? Or, another possibility, how do I control the rows > independently, having the "BBB" in the first table very close to the > "AAA", perhaps even three lines of text there, and at the same time only > two rows of text in the second table? What about having only one line of > text in the first table, vertically centered to the corresponding two > rows of the second table? > > === [example] === > > \starttext > \define\bold{8} > \startcombination[2*1] > {\starttable[|c|] > \HL[\bold] > \VL[\bold] AAA \VL[\bold]\FR > \VL BBB \VL\LR > \HL[\bold] > \VL dummy1 \VL\SR > \HL > \VL dummy2 \VL\SR > \HL > \VL dummy3 \VL\SR > \HL[\bold] > \VL dummy4 \VL\SR > \HL > \VL dummy5 \VL\SR > \HL > \VL dummy6 \VL\SR > \HL[\bold] > \VL dummy7 \VL\SR > \HL > \VL dummy8 \VL\SR > \HL > \VL dummy9 \VL\SR > \HL[\bold] > \stoptable}{} > {\starttable[|c|cw(3cm)|] > \HL[\bold] > \VL[\bold] \use{2} XXX \VL[\bold]\FR > \HL > \VL YYY \VL[1] ZZZ \VL\LR > \HL[\bold] > \VL 1 \VL \VL \SR > \DL\VL\DR > \VL 2 \VL \VL \SR > \DL\VL\DR > \VL 3 \VL \VL \SR > \DL\VL\DR > \VL 4 \VL \VL \SR > \DL\VL\DR > \VL 5 \VL \VL \SR > \DL\VL\DR > \VL 6 \VL \VL \SR > \DL\VL\DR > \VL 7 \VL \VL \SR > \DL\VL\DR > \VL 8 \VL \VL \SR > \DL\VL\DR > \VL 9 \VL \VL \SR > \HL[\bold] > \stoptable}{} > \stopcombination > \stoptext > > === [/example] === > > I know, a layout with all these horizontal lines and two tables sitting > next to each other is not the best one, but I'm trying to reconstruct an > existing document which is designed that way. Thanks for your help! >
btw, redefining\bold is a bad idea, use \Bold (i.e. capitalize your personal commands) \starttext \def\DummyLine {\VL \blackrule[height=.5\linewidth,depth=.5\linewidth,width=0pt] \VL \NR} \def\DummyBoldT{\VL \blackrule[height=4\linewidth, depth=0\linewidth, width=0pt] \VL \VL \NR} \def\DummyBoldB{\VL \blackrule[height=0\linewidth, depth=3\linewidth, width=0pt] \VL \VL \NR} \define\bold{8} \startcombination[2*1] {\starttable[|c|] \HL[\bold] \VL[\bold] AAA \VL[\bold]\FR \DummyLine \VL BBB \VL\LR \HL[\bold] \VL dummy1 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy2 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy3 \VL\SR \HL[\bold] \VL dummy4 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy5 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy6 \VL\SR \HL[\bold] \VL dummy7 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy8 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy9 \VL\SR \HL[\bold] \stoptable}{} {\starttable[|c|cw(3cm)|] \HL[\bold] \VL[\bold] \use{2} XXX \VL[\bold]\FR \HL \VL YYY \VL[1] ZZZ \VL\LR \HL[\bold] \VL 1 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 2 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 3 \VL \VL \SR \DummyBoldT \DL\VL\DR \DummyBoldB \VL 4 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 5 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 6 \VL \VL \SR \DummyBoldT \DL\VL\DR \DummyBoldB \VL 7 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 8 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 9 \VL \VL \SR \HL[\bold] \stoptable}{} \stopcombination \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context