On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:24:23 -0800
"JOHN CULLETON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I hve determined by trial and error that the multiline feature [nr=2] of
> Natural Tables does not work well, if at all, in the TABLEhead area. But the
> TABLEhead area is necessary for readable split tables. Currently I use single
> lines in the header area and suppress some of the rules to create a multiline
> effect thus:
Hi John,
>
> \bTABLE [option=stretch,split=repeat]
> \setupTABLE[r][1][height=0cm,width=0cm,frame=off]
> \setupTABLE[c][1][width=1.7in]
> \setupTABLE[r][2][bottomframe=off]
> \setupTABLE[r][3][topframe=off]
> \bTABLEhead
> \bTR %dummy row
> \bTH \eTH
> \bTH \eTH
> \bTH \eTH
> \eTR
> \bTR %first visible row
> \bTH
> {\bf Investment} \eTH
\bTH .. \eTH is only a abbreviation for \bTD[style=bold] ... \eTD, this
means your \bf is not neccessary.
> \bTH
> {\bf Portfolio } \eTH
> \bTH
> {\bf Average Stock } \eTH
> \eTR
> \bTR
> \bTH
> {\bf Category} \eTH
> \bTH
> {\bf Allocation} \eTH
> \bTH
> {\bf Market Exposure} \eTH
> \eTR
> \eTABLEhead
> ...
> This example also uses the (apparently) obligatory dummy row as described by
> others.
>
> Natural Tables have been around for a while. It is unfortunate that no one
> has come up with a real manual for these tables. All that exists are "learn
> by example" documents, which do not describe limitations such as the one I
> worked around in the above code.
>
>
> John Culleton
>
I rewrote your example in a better way
\starttext
\bTABLE [option=stretch,split=repeat]
\setupTABLE[c][first][width=1.7in]
\setupTABLE[r][first][style=bold]
\bTABLEhead
\bTR
\bTD Investment\\ Category \eTD
\bTD Portfolio\\ Allocation \eTD
\bTD Average Stock\\ Market Exposure \eTD
\eTR
\eTABLEhead
\bTABLEbody
\dorecurse{100}{\bTR\bTD text \eTD\bTD text \eTD\bTD text \eTD\eTR}
\eTABLEbody
\eTABLE
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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