At 10:23 PM 1/25/2002 +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote:
>Ah. I have not expressed myself well. :( The layout example I showed
>was incomplete -- I was too busy trying to cut it down to the minimum
>size.
>
>I want to get this effect, roughly:
>
>+--------------------+-----------------------------+
>+ * ingredient one + The steps to prepare this +
>+ * ingredient two + part of the recipe. They go +
>+ * ingredient three + on for a bit, involving the +
>+ + ingredients to the left. +
>+--------------------+-----------------------------+
>+ * ingredient four + The next step. +
>+ * ingredient five + +
>+ * ingredient three + +
>+--------------------+-----------------------------+
>
>So, a continuing table with one or more ingredients in the left column
>and the steps that use them in the right.
>
>The hight of each row in the table should be determined by the longer of
>the list of ingredients and the instructions.
>
>What I /really/ want to achieve, though, and am having trouble with, is
>that I should be able to have *any* number of ingredients on the left
>and *any* length of text on the right without having whitespace imposed
>on either side for those blocks.
\starttabulate[|p(.4\hsize)|p|]
\NC
\startitemize
\item ingredient one
\item ingredient two
\item ingredient three
\stopitemize
\NC
The steps to prepare this
part of the recipe. They go
on for a bit, involving the
ingredients to the left.
\NC \NR
\NC
\startitemize
\item ingredient four
\item ingredient five
\item ingredient three
\stopitemize
\NC
The next step.
\NC \NR
\stoptabulate
>I hope that is more clear about what I want. The intention is to group
>the ingredients for the next step of a recipe together, putting them
>next to the text explaining what to do with them.
>
>The only way I can see it working with one ingredient per table row is
>if I can allow the text on the right to fill more than one row, as with
>the HTML table:
>
><table>
> <tr>
> <td> Ingredient One </td>
> <td rowspan=3> The instructions for the first three ingredients. </td>
> </tr>
> <tr> <td> Ingredient Two </td> </tr>
> <tr> <td> Ingredient Three </td> </tr>
></table>
\bTABLE
\bTR
\bTD
\startitemize[packed]
\item ingredient one
\item ingredient two
\item ingredient three
\stopitemize
\eTD
\bTD
The steps to prepare this
part of the recipe. They go
on for a bit, involving the
ingredients to the left.
\eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD
\startitemize[packed]
\item ingredient four
\item ingredient five
\item ingredient three
\stopitemize
\eTD
\bTD
The next step.
\eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
Hans
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