Eckhart, thanks for the solutions and the explanations. I wish more was
translated to english. Also more documentation on math would be nice. But
given all that Hans is doing I can't ask for more. Good luck with your
thesis and thanks again.
Have fun,
Tar{\i}k
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Eckhart [iso-8859-1] Guth�hrlein wrote:
>
> I'm just switching from LaTeX, too, so don't expect too much from me. But I
> think that
>
> \starttable[|l|c|c|c|]
> \NC \NC \NC\TWO{Agent 2} \NC\SR
> \NC \NC \NC C \NC D \NC\SR
> \DC \DC \DL[2] \DR
> \NC \LOW{Agent 1} \NC C \VL $(-5,-5)$ \VL $(-1,-10)$ \VL\SR
> \DC \DC \DL[2] \DR
> \NC \NC D \VL $(-10,-1)$ \VL $(-2,-2)$ \VL\SR
> \DC \DC \DL[2] \DR
> \stoptable
>
> solves your problem. A possibility for the alignment at the comma may be
>
> \starttable[|l|c|r s0|l s3 |r s0 |l s3|]
> \NC \NC \NC\FOUR\JustCenter{Agent
> 2} \NC\SR
> \NC \NC \NC\TWO\JustCenter{C} \NC
> \TWO\JustCenter{D} \NC\SR
> \DC \DC \DL[4] \DR
> \NC \LOW{Agent 1} \NC C \VL $(-5$ \NC $,-5)$ \VL $(-1$ \NC
> $,-10)$ \VL\SR
> \DC \DC \DL[4] \DR
> \NC \NC D \VL $(-10$ \NC $,-1)$ \VL $(-2$ \NC
> $,-2)$ \VL\SR
> \DC \DC \DL[4] \DR
> \stoptable
>
> This is something like r@{,}l in LaTeX... At least it works. I put the
> comma in the second column to get correct spacing. Maybe Hans or another
> more experienced contexter knows a better solution to the alignment
> problem. With natural tables, there is an alignment character, but I don't
> know if this is the case with table and tabulate, too. And I'm not sure if
> it could actually work in this case, since you don't simply want to type a
> number with a decimal comma, but a pair of numbers in math mode, separated
> by a comma.
> The vertical alignment of 'Agent 1' is not perfect, though. Time for a
> question: Is there a possibility to span an arbitrary number of rows and
> align some text vertically centered in the resulting space? (ny=3 like in
> natural tables, with additional centering?) The multirow package does this
> for latex (quite well, except for very special cases).
> Btw, there are some examples of tables in the beginners' manual which are
> not (yet?) in the english beta reference manual, so you may want to have a
> look at this.
> I think tables are a topic where the context documentation (at least the
> english one) ought to be extended, especially for newcomers and 'converts'
> from latex. As soon as I am more experienced, and as soon as I have
> finished my current work (diploma thesis), I would be willing make
> contributions in this area (although the first precondition might take some
> time...)
>
> Eckhart
>
>
>
