At 07:53 PM 2/4/2003 -0700, Idris S Hamid wrote:
bgroup
\tfx\setupinterlinespace
%\switchtobodyfont[10pt]
\placetable
[here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.}
\starttable[|l|l|l|l|]
\startbuffer
\starttable[|l|l|l|l|]
\VL knowledge \VL bosom \VL forms or \VL the universal \VL\SR
\stoptable
\stopbuffer
\placetable
[here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.}
{\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\getbuffer}
this way you can also scale a table:
\externalfigure[buffer][...]
Your problem is related to parsing the preamble with ##'s.
Of course I should start rewriting table because ...
Anyhow, here's a patch you can try (goes into cont-new)
please test this (i must have had a reason for parsing the preamble instead of the template)
\unprotect
\def\thirdstagestartTABLE#1%
{\global\setTABLEactiontrue
\setTABLEaction\TABLEunknown
\setTABLEforce\TABLEunknown
\setTABLEerror\TABLEunknown
\global\TABLEgraylinefalse
\global\TABLEgraydonefalse
\globalletempty\TABLEgrayline
\globalletempty\nextTABLEgrayline
\globalletempty\TABLEgraylineerror
\globalletempty\TABLEgraylinestatus
\resetVLvalues
\appendtoks\popouterbarandquote\to\EveryTable
\appendtoks\localTABLEsetup\to\EveryTable
\BeginTable[\ifsplittables u\else b\fi]%
\defineTABLEunits
\defineTABLEsteps
\defineTABLErules
\defineTABLEdivisions
\defineTABLEshorthands
\defineTABLEbackgrounds
\defineTABLEendings
\forgetall % added
\doifsomething{#1}
{\def\TABLEformat{#1}%
\getTABLEnofcolumns\TABLEformat
\expandafter\BeginFormat\TABLEformat\EndFormat}}
\def\!ttDoHalign
{\baselineskip \zeropoint
\lineskiplimit\zeropoint
\lineskip \zeropoint
\tabskip \zeropoint
%\expanded{\getTABLEnofcolumns{\the\!taPreamble}}% added
\halign \the\!taTableSpread \bgroup
\span\the\!taPreamble
\ifx \!tfRowOfWidths \empty \else \!tfRowOfWidths \cr \fi}
\bgroup
\catcode`\|=\@@other
\gdef\getTABLEnofcolumns#1%
{\bgroup
\cleanupfeatures
\expanded{\convertargument#1}\to\ascii
\@EA\doglobal\@EA\counttoken\@EA|\@EA\in\ascii\to\maxTABLEcolumn
\global\advance\maxTABLEcolumn \minusone
\egroup}
\egroup
\starttext
\startbuffer
\definetabletemplate[xx][|l|l|l|l|]
\starttable[xx]% %[|l|l|l|l|]
\VL knowledge \VL bosom \VL forms or \VL the universal \VL\SR
\stoptable
\stopbuffer
\placetable
[here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.}
{\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\getbuffer}
\stoptext
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