On 2012-03-09 Prashanth <prash.n....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to create some small tables that are (possibly) next to each other.
> Though I could make text flow around tables and appear to the left or
> to the right of the table, I could not manage something like this:
I would use combinations for that (see example below).
> So I tried to use nested floats to achieve this
Nesting floats is not a good idea.
> (floats because I want each to have its own number and title).
There are other ways to achieve that.
\setupheads [chapter] [page=no]
\startbuffer
\bTABLE [frame=off, align=center]
\bTR \bTD abc \eTD \bTD def \eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD ghi \eTD \bTD jkl \eTD \eTR
\eTABLE
\stopbuffer
\starttext
\startchapter [title=First]
\startsection [title=1st Section]
\startplacetable
\startcombination [2*1]
{\getbuffer} {(a)}
{\getbuffer} {(b)}
\stopcombination
\stopplacetable
\stopsection
\stopchapter
\startchapter [title=Second]
\startplacetable [location=right]
\setupcombination [distance=2cm]
\startcombination [2*2]
{\getbuffer} {(a)}
{\getbuffer} {(b)}
{\getbuffer} {(c)}
{\getbuffer} {(d)}
\stopcombination
\stopplacetable
\input knuth
\stopchapter
\stoptext
Marco
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