[NTG-context] Problems with Natural Tables

[Adam Duck]

Eckhart Guthöhrlein <eckhart.guthoehrlein at uni-bielefeld.de> writes:

> Am Sonntag, den 14.08.2005, 17:17 +0200 schrieb Adam Duck:
>
>> - how do I set the spacing between a vertical line (between two
>>   columns) and the text inside that columns?  I already used
>>   "framedoffest=-3pt", but the output is unacceptable.
>
> Spacing is a weak point of natural tables. Afaik, there is no good way
> to tune spacing. I would try using dummy colums like
> \bTD[width=1em]\eTD.
OK, That sounds reasonable.  I'll try that.  On the other hand this
means many \bTD<something>\eTD ... but one can write a macro for that,
I think.

>> - how do I center the whole table?  This one is really crucial: my GF
>>   also accepts hacks ;).
>
> \midaligned{..} works
Yep, but only if I don't split the table:

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and \startalignment[middle]...\stopalignment doesn't seem to do
anything in that case.

>> - why doesn't \splitfloat{\placetable...} work with Natural Tables?
>>   (They won't get splitted at all, but with tables and linetables it
>>   works...)
>
> \setupTABLE[split=yes] or \setupTABLE[split=repeat]
That's not what I meant:

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doesn't split the table.  The output looks exactly like the
\midaligned{} one.

bye, Adam.