Re: [NTG-context] Setting width of table column

2011-05-13 Thread Roger Mason
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: When you need a certain layout for a table you should consider switching to natural tables but a few of the nice features (e.g. loffset and the setups key) are only available in mkiv. I'll look into that. Thanks again. Roger

[NTG-context] Setting width of table column

2011-05-12 Thread Roger Mason
Hello, I cannot find how to set the width of a table column. I am running MkII. The manual gives this: w set minimum column width at specified value I have currently: \starttable[|l|l|w5cm l|p|] but that italicises the content of column 3. I have tried variations to no avail. Thanks for any

Re: [NTG-context] Setting width of table column

2011-05-12 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 12.05.2011 um 19:34 schrieb Roger Mason: Hello, I cannot find how to set the width of a table column. I am running MkII. The manual gives this: w set minimum column width at specified value I have currently: \starttable[|l|l|w5cm l|p|] You need parentheses! … | l w(5cm) | …

Re: [NTG-context] Setting width of table column

2011-05-12 Thread Roger Mason
Hi Wolfgang, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: You need parentheses! … | l w(5cm) | … Many thanks. If I may presume on your patience a little more... I now have: \starttable[| l s1 | s1 l | s0 lp w(10cm) | s0 l |] However, the entries in column 3 have line-feeds

Re: [NTG-context] Setting width of table column

2011-05-12 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 12.05.2011 um 20:10 schrieb Roger Mason: Hi Wolfgang, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: You need parentheses! … | l w(5cm) | … Many thanks. If I may presume on your patience a little more... I now have: \starttable[| l s1 | s1 l | s0 lp w(10cm) |

Re: [NTG-context] Setting width of table column

2011-05-12 Thread Roger Mason
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: Don’t mix “p” and “w” keywords, “w” sets the width for a cell where you don’t want a line break in the cell while “p” is for paragraphs where you can set the width of the cell with “p(10cm)”. Many thanks Wolfgang. I've been using

Re: [NTG-context] Setting width of table column

2011-05-12 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 12.05.2011 um 20:41 schrieb Roger Mason: Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: Don’t mix “p” and “w” keywords, “w” sets the width for a cell where you don’t want a line break in the cell while “p” is for paragraphs where you can set the width of the cell with