On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:24:23 -0800 "JOHN CULLETON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I hve determined by trial and error that the multiline feature [nr=2] of > Natural Tables does not work well, if at all, in the TABLEhead area. But the > TABLEhead area is necessary for readable split tables. Currently I use single > lines in the header area and suppress some of the rules to create a multiline > effect thus: Hi John, > > \bTABLE [option=stretch,split=repeat] > \setupTABLE[r][1][height=0cm,width=0cm,frame=off] > \setupTABLE[c][1][width=1.7in] > \setupTABLE[r][2][bottomframe=off] > \setupTABLE[r][3][topframe=off] > \bTABLEhead > \bTR %dummy row > \bTH \eTH > \bTH \eTH > \bTH \eTH > \eTR > \bTR %first visible row > \bTH > {\bf Investment} \eTH \bTH .. \eTH is only a abbreviation for \bTD[style=bold] ... \eTD, this means your \bf is not neccessary. > \bTH > {\bf Portfolio } \eTH > \bTH > {\bf Average Stock } \eTH > \eTR > \bTR > \bTH > {\bf Category} \eTH > \bTH > {\bf Allocation} \eTH > \bTH > {\bf Market Exposure} \eTH > \eTR > \eTABLEhead > ... > This example also uses the (apparently) obligatory dummy row as described by > others. > > Natural Tables have been around for a while. It is unfortunate that no one > has come up with a real manual for these tables. All that exists are "learn > by example" documents, which do not describe limitations such as the one I > worked around in the above code. > > > John Culleton > I rewrote your example in a better way \starttext \bTABLE [option=stretch,split=repeat] \setupTABLE[c][first][width=1.7in] \setupTABLE[r][first][style=bold] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTD Investment\\ Category \eTD \bTD Portfolio\\ Allocation \eTD \bTD Average Stock\\ Market Exposure \eTD \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \dorecurse{100}{\bTR\bTD text \eTD\bTD text \eTD\bTD text \eTD\eTR} \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stoptext Wolfgang _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context