> >>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> is it still not possible to split a table so that it covers one
> >>>>> half page an then
> >>>> another half page?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It is my understanding that splitting moves the table to the next
> >>>>> page and
> >>>> then splits it to the following if it gets too long for one entire page.
> >>>>> Would a "manual split" be possible?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Examle (table is not split, but could be):
> >>>>>
> >>>>> \starttext
> >>>>> \dorecurse{2}{\input knuth }
> >>>>> \startplacetable[title={My Table}]
> >>>>
> >>>> \startplacetable[location=split,title={My table}] … \stopplacetable
> >>>
> >>> Thank you Wolfgang!
> >>> For some reason I thought the option split=yes would trigger
> >>> splitting…
> >>
> >> The “split=yes” option works only for table which aren’t aren't
> >> placed as float because this mechanism has to know that it has to
> >> break the table into parts but then you don’t need the split key for
> \bTABLE.
> >>
> >>> Now in the sample document I get table 1a and table 1b.
> >>> In my "real" document I get table 3.2 and table 3.3. Is there a way
> >>> to influence this? (btw. captions are above the table, if that
> >>> matters)
> >>
> >> The location of the caption doesn’t matter. The number of the suffix
> >> for the subtables can be changed but without a example I can’t tell
> >> why you get different results in your example and in the real document.
> >
> > My guess: It's because fo thecustom suffix. Example:
> >
> > \setupcaption[table][location=top]
> > \setupcaptions[minwidth=\textwidth,width=fit,align=center,headstyle={\
> > ss \tfx},style={\ss \tfx
> > \setupinterlinespace[line=1.4em]},suffix={:},distance=.5em]
>
> Remove the setting for “suffix” because it hold the number for the subtable,
> the number itself can be changed with
>
> \setupfloatsplitting[conversion=…]
>
> and a separator between the float number and the suffix can be added with
>
> \setupcaption[suffixseparator=…].
>
> To add a stopper behind the suffix a different method is needed because
> although there is a “numberstopper” key for \setupcaption the symbol is
> added before the suffix, what you can do is to put he symbol in the label text
> with
>
> \setuplabeltext[table={Table ,:}]
>
> but a extra key “suffixstopper” but we useful in this case.
>
> @Hans: Can you make this change in strc-flt.mkvi?
>
> \unexpanded\def\thecurrentfloatnumbersuffix
> {\doifsomething{\floatcaptionparameter\c!suffix}
> {\floatcaptionparameter\c!suffixseparator
> % \floatcaptionparameter\c!suffix}}
> \floatcaptionparameter\c!suffix
> \floatcaptionparameter\c!suffixstopper}}
>
Works like a charm :)
Thanks, Wolfgang!
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