Re: [NTG-context] imbalanced columns

[Peter Rolf]

Am 15.07.2010 19:16, schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس   سماوي حامد:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:12:16 -0600, Peter Rolf <indi...@gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>> see attached pdf (the box looks centered).
> 
> Thanks... Could you post the code ;-)
> 
sure, but don't expect too much :)

> (unless this is the same code u posted the first time...)
> 
> Best wishes
> Idris


\starttext

\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{Al-Yaʿqūbī (d.~283{\sc ah})}
\newdimen\colA \colA\wd\scratchbox
\advance\colA-2em
\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{Al-Munādī (d.~334{\sc ah})}
\newdimen\colB \colB\wd\scratchbox
\advance\colB-2em

\starttables[|c|cp(.5\colA)|cp(.5\colA)|cp(.5\colB)|cp(.5\colB)|]
\HL
\VL Sevens \VL \Use{2}[c]{Al-Yaʿqūbī} (d.~283{\sc ah})\VL 
\Use{2}[c]{Al-Munādī} (d.~334{\sc ah}) \VL\AR
\HL
\VL        \VL \ruledhbox{ʿAlī} \VL Zayd                          \VL ʿAlī 
\VL Zayd                          \VL\AR
\HL
\stoptables
\stoptext

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