On 2009-12-05, at 7:55 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Am 04.12.2009 um 22:58 schrieb Design Department: > >> Earlier this year I attempted to set tabular material using ConTeXt while >> meeting *all* the following requirements: >>> Some columns need fixed width, content must wrap to multiple lines >>> Multi-page tables >>> Column headings must repeat on every page >>> Additional header information is required on every page >>> Additional footer information containing tabular text and graphics is >>> required on every page >>> Forced page breaks on arbitrary selected rows >>> Horizontal rules between specified groups of rows >> >> I was unable to meet all these requirements and reverted to LaTeX. It works, >> but I prefer ConTeXt and the LaTeX version takes a painfully long time to >> converge on optimal column widths. I'm now using TeXLive 2009, rather than >> 2008 - has anything changed in ConTeXt that will meet these requirements? > > Can you show a example from the LaTeX output.
For Walfgang, and anyone else who has thoughts, here's a sample PDF. http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3ld3P7qGRnwOTRmOWJhYTEtMGQ1Yy00ZGE4LTk0NmQtYzk3NmJlYWIzM2Zh&hl=en The main point is that the tabular material runs from just a single to several hundred rows and each page *must* contain both the header and footer explanations associated with the table. Normally the pages are broken at a fixed increment of rows depending on the type of data, usually 20 or 32 per page, but other values are possible. For good measure, field technicians often want a forced page break at an arbitrary row position. Two of the table columns contain data which may wrap to multiple lines, as illustrated. Is all this possible without writing a new tabular macro? I could get close, but couldn't get the table footer repeating on every page or the forced page breaks. That was using the TeXLive 2008 distribution. david ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
