Re: [NTG-context] How to create cell data that spans four rows in a table?
Willi Egger via ntg-context schrieb am 08.01.2022 um 23:57:
I would suggest not to use \starttable at all.
To me the most suitable table environment for such a table is \bTABLE \eTABLE.
It gives you all kind of control over layout, dimensions, frames on and off etc.
I agree natural tables or extreme tables are the better choice for this
table layout but it can be improved.
1. Keep the layout/settings local.
To ensure the \setupTABLE settings don't affect other tables you can
either put \start and \stop at the begin and end of the table, e.g.
\start
\setupTABLE[...]
\bTABLE
...
\eTABLE
\stop
or put the settings in a setup-environment and load them on a pertable
basis, e.g.
\startsetups[fancytable]
\setupTABLE[...]
\stopsetups
\bTABLE[setups=fancytable]
...
\eTABLE
2. Font changes are local to cells
When you apply a font switch to the whole content of a table cell there
is no need to put braces around the text, e.g.
\bTD \bf ... \eTD
can be used without problem. When you make this change for a table
header and the result is bold text there is a even simpler method
because a special cell type exists here, e.g.
\bTH ... \eTH
creates bold text.
3. Simple markup
For natural tables with short texts in each cell there exists a simple
mode which uses \starttable inspired markup with the short \NC and \NR
commands to mark the start of each cell and row.
The example table of the OP can be written like below.
\starttext
\startsetups [tableframe]
\setupTABLE [c] [1][leftframe=off,width=40mm]
\setupTABLE [c] [2][rightframe=off, width=60mm]
\setupTABLE [c] [each] [align={lohi,center}]
\stopsetups
\startTABLE[setups=tableframe]
\NC \bf Eons \NC \bf Eras \NC\NR
\NC Hadeon Eon\NC \NC\NR
\NC[ny=4] Archanon Eon\NC Eoarchean Era\NC\NR
\NC Paleoarchean Era \NC\NR
\NC Mesoarchean Era \NC\NR
\NC Neoarchean Era \NC\NR
\NC[ny=3] Proterozoic Eon \NC Paleoproterozoic Era \NC\NR
\NC Mesoproterozoic Era \NC\NR
\NC Neoproterozoic Era \NC\NR
\NC[ny=3] Phanerozoic Eon \NC Paleozoic Era\NC\NR
\NC Mesozoic Era \NC\NR
\NC Cenozoic Era \NC\NR
\stopTABLE
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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Re: [NTG-context] How to create cell data that spans four rows in a table?
On Sat, 8 Jan 2022, Joel via ntg-context wrote:
> I created a table that has some cells span multiple rows. This works good
> with cells that span an odd-number of rows, but when I try to span 4 rows,
> the text isn't quite vertically centered. How can I get the cell with the
> text "Archaeon Eon" to be a little lower, so it is centered within its box?
I would also recommend natural tables. But, for tables, you can use
\Lower(dims){} to improve vertical alignment. For example:
\starttext
\starttable[|c|c|]
\NC {\bf Eons} \NC {\bf Eras} \NC \AR
\HL
\NC Hadeon Eon \VL \NC \AR
\HL
\NC \VL Eoarchean Era \NC \AR
\DC \DL[1] \DR
\NC \Lower(1\lineheight){Archaeon Eon} \VL Paleoarchean Era \NC \AR
\DC \DL[1] \DR
\NC \VL Mesoarchean Era \NC \AR
\DC \DL[1] \DR
\NC \VL Neoarchean Era \NC \AR
\HL\NC \VL Paleoproterozoic Era \NC \AR
\DC \DL[1] \DR
\NC Proterozoic Eon \VL Mesoproterozoic Era \NC \AR
\DC \DL[1] \DR
\NC \VL Neoproterozoic Era \NC \AR
\HL
\HL\NC \VL Paleozoic Era \NC \AR
\DC \DL[1] \DR
\NC Phanerozoic Eon \VL Mesozoic Era \NC \AR
\DC \DL[1] \DR
\NC \VL Cenozoic Era \NC \AR
\HL
\stoptable
\stoptext
Aditya
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Re: [NTG-context] How to create cell data that spans four rows in a table?
Thank you! The code is much easier to understand than the other way I was
trying to use.
--Joel
On Saturday, January 8, 2022, 04:00:12 PM MST, Willi Egger via ntg-context
wrote:
I would suggest not to use \starttable at all.
To me the most suitable table environment for such a table is \bTABLE \eTABLE.
It gives you all kind of control over layout, dimensions, frames on and off etc.
\setupTABLE[c][1][leftframe=off,width=40mm]
\setupTABLE[c][2][rightframe=off, width=60mm]
\setupTABLE[c][each][align={lohi,center}]
\bTABLE
\bTR
\bTD {\bf Eons}\eTD \bTD {\bf Eras} \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Hadeon Eon \eTD \bTD \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD[ny=4] Archanon Eon \eTD \bTD Eoarchean Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Paleoarchean Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Mesoarchean Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Neoarchean Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD[ny=3] Proterozoic Eon \eTD \bTD Paleoproterozoic Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Mesoproterozoic Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Neoproterozoic Era\eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD[ny=3] Phanerozoic Eon \eTD \bTD Paleozoic Era \eTD
\bTR
\bTD Mesozoic Era\eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Cenozoic Era \eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
Willi
> On 8 Jan 2022, at 22:39, Joel via ntg-context wrote:
>
> I created a table that has some cells span multiple rows. This works good
> with cells that span an odd-number of rows, but when I try to span 4 rows,
> the text isn't quite vertically centered. How can I get the cell with the
> text "Archaeon Eon" to be a little lower, so it is centered within its box?
>
> --Joel
>
> Minimum working example:
>
> \starttext
>
> \starttable[|c|c|]
> \NC {\bf Eons} \NC {\bf Eras} \NC \AR
> \HL
> \NC Hadeon Eon \VL \NC \AR
> \HL
> \NC \VL Eoarchean Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC \smash{Archaeon Eon} \VL Paleoarchean Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC \VL Mesoarchean Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC \VL Neoarchean Era \NC \AR
>
> \HL\NC \VL Paleoproterozoic Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC Proterozoic Eon \VL Mesoproterozoic Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC \VL Neoproterozoic Era \NC \AR
> \HL
>
>
> \HL\NC \VL Paleozoic Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC Phanerozoic Eon \VL Mesozoic Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC \VL Cenozoic Era \NC \AR
> \HL
> \stoptable
>
> \stoptext
>
>
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Re: [NTG-context] How to create cell data that spans four rows in a table?
I would suggest not to use \starttable at all.
To me the most suitable table environment for such a table is \bTABLE \eTABLE.
It gives you all kind of control over layout, dimensions, frames on and off etc.
\setupTABLE[c][1][leftframe=off,width=40mm]
\setupTABLE[c][2][rightframe=off, width=60mm]
\setupTABLE[c][each][align={lohi,center}]
\bTABLE
\bTR
\bTD {\bf Eons}\eTD \bTD {\bf Eras} \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Hadeon Eon \eTD \bTD \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD[ny=4] Archanon Eon \eTD \bTD Eoarchean Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Paleoarchean Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Mesoarchean Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Neoarchean Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD[ny=3] Proterozoic Eon \eTD \bTD Paleoproterozoic Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Mesoproterozoic Era \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Neoproterozoic Era\eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD[ny=3] Phanerozoic Eon \eTD \bTD Paleozoic Era \eTD
\bTR
\bTD Mesozoic Era\eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD Cenozoic Era \eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
Willi
> On 8 Jan 2022, at 22:39, Joel via ntg-context wrote:
>
> I created a table that has some cells span multiple rows. This works good
> with cells that span an odd-number of rows, but when I try to span 4 rows,
> the text isn't quite vertically centered. How can I get the cell with the
> text "Archaeon Eon" to be a little lower, so it is centered within its box?
>
> --Joel
>
> Minimum working example:
>
> \starttext
>
> \starttable[|c|c|]
> \NC {\bf Eons} \NC {\bf Eras} \NC \AR
> \HL
> \NC Hadeon Eon \VL \NC \AR
> \HL
> \NC \VL Eoarchean Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC \smash{Archaeon Eon} \VL Paleoarchean Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC \VL Mesoarchean Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC \VL Neoarchean Era \NC \AR
>
> \HL\NC \VL Paleoproterozoic Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC Proterozoic Eon \VL Mesoproterozoic Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC \VL Neoproterozoic Era \NC \AR
> \HL
>
>
> \HL\NC \VL Paleozoic Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC Phanerozoic Eon \VL Mesozoic Era \NC \AR
> \DC \DL[1] \DR
> \NC \VL Cenozoic Era \NC \AR
> \HL
> \stoptable
>
> \stoptext
>
>
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