On Fri, 23 May 2008 22:29:06 +0200 Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The following specimen was run on live.contextgarden.net with each of > > the three typesetters: > > > > \setupcolors[state=start] > > \starttext > > \input knuth > > > > \bTABLE > > \bTR [align=middle]\bTH Range\eTH{}\bTH Value\eTH{}\eTR > > \bTR \bTD \type{<} 12\eTD{}\bTD 3\eTD{}\eTR > > \bTR \bTD 12--16\eTD{}\bTD 2\eTD{}\eTR > > \bTR \bTD \type{>}16\eTD{}\bTD 1\eTD{}\eTR > > \eTABLE > > > > \input knuth > > \stoptext > > > > > > In the case of pdfTeX and XeTeX, the table is given a width equal > > to the textwidth; in the caes of LuaTeX, it is typeset correctly > > with natural widths. > > > > When \setupcolors is removed, both pdfTeX and XeTeX also produce > > the correct result. > > > > This sounds like a bug to me (and took me forever to isolate > > \setupcolors - of all things! - as the culprit). > > actually it's the \type (combined with colors) > > \dontleavehmode \type {xx} > > works ok > > probably some pdfliteral is playing havoc here so that the width analyer > cannot function well (a limitation of tex is that there's only a small > set subset of \un* and \last* node operations); if you see messages like > this > > !!forced exit from shapebox 9!! > > that is indeed the case. hoewver, in mkiv i use different trickery so > there we don't have this problem (we also use a different color > mechanism so that helps too) > > it's not so much a bug in mkii as well as a side effect/limitation > > okay, we could add \dontleavehmode to \type but i'm not sure if that > will not break other things; also, bTABLE is kind of tricky because it > needs to be clever with regards to text and non text and such If he use \retype the table works. Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________