[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread vm via ntg-context
On 26/01/2024 01:52, Jim wrote: I won't argue with you about readability of tables, but if I am typesetting something for someone and they want it a certain way, I don't want to get into an argument about it with them either. :-) It all depends on the level of ignorance of your client.

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 22:22 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Jim schrieb am 25.01.2024 um 22:01: >> Hi Henning, >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:16 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: >>> Am 25.01.24 um 16:12 schrieb Jim: >>> > Hi, I was wondering if anyone here could help me with these three

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Jim wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:30 (+0100), Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > > I haven't looked at starttable in well over a decade, but I did document > > some of it: > > > https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb28-3/tb90mahajan.pdf > >

[NTG-context] archive.contextgarden.net 404?

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
Today I ran across three references to archive.contextgarden.net, one in a tugboat article and two others in context garden wiki pages. I was not able to reach that site. Is it (long since?) dead or is it just on vacation temporarily? Thanks. Jim

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:30 (+0100), Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Jim wrote: >> In a recent answer on this list, Mikael helped someone by pointing out the >> \HF[...] command. The \HF command is not listed in the \starttable wiki >> page. >> Q2: Is \HF[] documented anywhere?

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Jim schrieb am 25.01.2024 um 22:01: Hi Henning, On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:16 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 25.01.24 um 16:12 schrieb Jim: Hi, I was wondering if anyone here could help me with these three things: For a long time I have been using Wichura's TaBle macros (i.e., what

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
Hi Henning, On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:16 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 25.01.24 um 16:12 schrieb Jim: >> Hi, I was wondering if anyone here could help me with these three things: >> For a long time I have been using Wichura's TaBle macros (i.e., what one >> gets with >>

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Jim wrote: > In a recent answer on this list, Mikael helped someone by pointing out the > \HF[...] command. The \HF command is not listed in the \starttable wiki page. > > Q2: Is \HF[] documented anywhere? If so, can someone point me to that/those > document(s)? > >

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 25.01.24 um 16:12 schrieb Jim: Hi, I was wondering if anyone here could help me with these three things: For a long time I have been using Wichura's TaBle macros (i.e., what one gets with \input table in plain TeX) and would like to use what appears to be ConTeXt's version of those

[NTG-context] \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
Hi, I was wondering if anyone here could help me with these three things: For a long time I have been using Wichura's TaBle macros (i.e., what one gets with \input table in plain TeX) and would like to use what appears to be ConTeXt's version of those (i.e., what one gets with \starttable

[NTG-context] Re: Suggestions and problems of the manuals

2024-01-25 Thread Gerion Entrup
Am Mittwoch, 17. Januar 2024, 13:44:51 CET schrieb Gerion Entrup: > Hi, > > I discovered the manuals in the context distribution. My general way to > built the manuals were these steps: > ``` > # execute one time > git clone https://github.com/contextgarden/context.git > cd

[NTG-context] Own command definition breaks with interaction: Use of \do_my_command doesn't match its definition

2024-01-25 Thread Gerion Entrup
Hi, I want to make a proper definition of a new command to be able to process it in Lua. I found something on StackOverflow [1] but that breaks in enumeration _and_ when interaction is enabled and I do not understand why? Can you give me some help here? I want to make commands like \foo{bla} and