No, in ConTeXt one NEVER, EVER mixes key=value lists with simple keywords (parsing would otherwise be very less efficient).
The feature to be able to declare a "namespace" (such as the one called "suffix") having particular values of its parameters is really powerful. Think of it as "xtable:suffix" that inherits from the namespace "xtable" but then lives a life of its own... \startxcell takes and optional namespace specification, i.e. [suffix] and an optional key=value list of parameters, i.e. [ny=2,...]. These parameters override locally the values that are otherwise carried by the namespace. ConTeXt gurus: I hope that I have gotten this explanation right. Alan On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:12:40 +0100 Floris van Manen <v...@klankschap.nl> wrote: > apparently > > > \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell > > should be > > \startxcell[suffix, ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell > > > > > > On 5 Jan 2018, at 14:32, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > > > > On 1/5/2018 4:57 AM, Henri wrote: > >> Dear list, > >> The Natural Tables have this great feature that I can control the > >> layout with rowwise, columnwise, or cellwise setups. For example: > >> \starttext > >> \setupTABLE [frame=off] > >> \setupTABLE [r] [first] [topframe=on,bottomframe=on,style=bold] > >> \setupTABLE [c] [2] [style=italic] > >> \setupTABLE [2] [3] [color=red] > >> \setupTABLE [r] [last] [bottomframe=on] > >> \startTABLE > >> \NC A \NC A \NC A \NC\NR > >> \NC B \NC B \NC B \NC\NR > >> \NC C \NC C \NC C \NC\NR > >> \NC D \NC D \NC D \NC\NR > >> \NC E \NC E \NC E \NC\NR > >> \stopTABLE > >> \stoptext > > > > it's also an extremely inefficient method > > > >> How can I do such a thing with Extreme Tables? If it is not yet > >> possible I'd like to request the inclusion of such a mechanism. > > from the manual, named setups: > > > > \setupxtable[suffix][align=middle,foregroundcolor=red] > > \setupxtable[blabla][foregroundstyle=slanted] > > \setupxtable[crap] [foregroundcolor=blue] > > \setupxtable[bold] [crap][foregroundstyle=bold] > > > > \startxtable % [frame=off] > > \startxtablehead > > \startxrow[bold] > > \startxcell[suffix] head a \stopxcell > > \startxcell[blabla] head b \stopxcell > > \startxcell head c \stopxcell > > \stopxrow > > \stopxtablehead > > \startxtablebody > > \startxrow > > \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell > > \startxcell cell b 1 \stopxcell > > \startxcell cell c 1 \stopxcell > > \stopxrow > > \startxrow > > \startxcell cell b 2 \stopxcell > > \startxcell cell c 2 \stopxcell > > \stopxrow > > \startxrow > > \startxcell[suffix] cell a 3 \stopxcell > > \startxcell cell b 3 \stopxcell > > \startxcell cell c 3 \stopxcell > > \stopxrow > > \startxrow > > \startxcell[suffix] cell a 4 \stopxcell > > \startxcell cell b 4 \stopxcell > > \startxcell cell c 4 \stopxcell > > \stopxrow > > \startxrow > > \startxcell[suffix] cell a 5 \stopxcell > > \startxcell cell b 5 \stopxcell > > \startxcell cell c 5 \stopxcell > > \stopxrow > > \stopxtablebody > > \stopxtable > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > > entry to the Wiki! > > > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : > > https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : > > http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
