> On 16 Jun 2025, at 15:06, John Was <johno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks - it's at least useful to know what I needn't waste my time on! > > I see that I shall also have to master ConTexT's commands for tables, though > I hope they are customizable (as per my training at OUP a lifetime ago, I > like a half-point rule at the beginning and end but a quarter-point rule > between headings and the data). Plain (Xe)TeX's \halign command works only > for that generally useless item, a table with only one column - if you try > add an extra column the setting halts and one is presented with the false > information that there is more than one instance of # between instances of & > in the setup of the table. They lie!
This should help: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables/Natural_tables_with_TABLE#Rules > I'm disappointed that I can't use \catcode = \active to do anything useful - > I do often use that, particularly to fetch a character not in the typeface. > For example, if I want a yogh and am obliged to use a particular typeface > (because of house style for a journal or book series) that doesn't have the > character, I would give in the file header in XeTeX: > > \catcode"0292=\active > \defʒ{\yogh} > > (I have \yogh defined as 'put \char"0292 here, grouped within {}, from > Junicode'.) That allows me to keep the character ʒ in the input file and > leave it to TeX to carry out the appropriate instruction whenever it > encounters it. > > This is prohibited in ConTexT, I find, but I'll have to learn a new way of > achieving the same thing. \yogh is not predefined in ConTeXt. The \catcode change itself is fine, but you will have to come up with a definition for \yogh. Something like \def\yogh{{\switchtobodyfont[dejavu]\char"0292 }} Best wishes, Taco — Taco Hoekwater E: t...@bittext.nl genderfluid (all pronouns) ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
