Thanks very much Wolfgang. Will try to play with this during this week.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Am 05.01.2010 um 04:02 schrieb Curiouslearn: > >> Thanks Wolfgang. I am not yet proficient enough in Metapost or Context >> to understand your code. But will look at it more carefully later. >> >> Meanwhile, is there any further work going on on Natural Tables? Are >> there plans to introduce the ability to have borders of different >> thickness for the same cell through simple options. > > > A TeX based solution won't be possible without Hans but you can set > the values in TeX (\framed, \setupTABLE) and use them in MetaPost. > > The following example show you what can be done. > > \unprotect > > \startuseMPgraphic{tableborder} > > %linecap := butt ; > > numeric FrameOffset, LeftRuleThickness, RightRuleThickness, TopRuleThickness, > BottomRuleThickness ; > > FrameOffset := \frameddimension{frameoffset} ; > LeftRuleThickness := \frameddimension{leftrulethickness} ; > RightRuleThickness := \frameddimension{rightrulethickness} ; > TopRuleThickness := \frameddimension{toprulethickness} ; > BottomRuleThickness := \frameddimension{bottomrulethickness} ; > > pair lt, rt, lb, rb ; > > lt = (FrameOffset/2,OverlayHeight-FrameOffset/2) ; > rt = (OverlayWidth-FrameOffset/2,OverlayHeight-FrameOffset/2) ; > lb = (FrameOffset/2,FrameOffset/2) ; > rb = (OverlayWidth-FrameOffset/2,FrameOffset/2) ; > > draw lt--rt withpen pencircle scaled TopRuleThickness ; > draw lb--rb withpen pencircle scaled BottomRuleThickness ; > draw lb--lt withpen pencircle scaled LeftRuleThickness ; > draw rb--rt withpen pencircle scaled RightRuleThickness ; > > setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox ; > > \stopuseMPgraphic > > \defineoverlay > [tableborder] > [%\edef\topframeparameter {\framedparameter\c!topframe }% > %\edef\bottomframeparameter{\framedparameter\c!bottomframe}% > %\edef\leftframeparameter {\framedparameter\c!leftframe }% > %\edef\rightframeparameter {\framedparameter\c!rightframe }% > \useMPgraphic{tableborder}] > > \setupTABLE > [ toprulethickness=\framedparameter{rulethickness}, > bottomrulethickness=\framedparameter{rulethickness}, > leftrulethickness=\framedparameter{rulethickness}, > rightrulethickness=\framedparameter{rulethickness}, > % topframe=on, > % bottomframe=on, > % leftframe=on, > % rightframe=on, > background=tableborder, > frame=off] > > \protect > > \starttext > > \start > > \setupTABLE[y][1][bottomrulethickness=2pt] > \setupTABLE[3][3][bottomrulethickness=2pt,rightrulethickness=2pt] > \setupTABLE[1][3][bottomframe=off] > > \bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD 1 \eTD > \bTD 2 \eTD > \bTD 3 \eTD > \eTR > \bTR > \bTD 4 \eTD > \bTD 5 \eTD > \bTD 6 \eTD > \eTR > \bTR > \bTD 7 \eTD > \bTD 8 \eTD > \bTD 9 \eTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > > \stop > > \stoptext > > 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________