Dear Henning, thank you for your interest in pgfplotstable!
I took the freedom to answer your question on the mailing list, where it might be of interest to others as well. Your question, how to combine colored tables with multicolumn appears to be a common difficulty in LaTeX. I found the solution to use \columncolor inside of the \multicolumn. Thus, one of your multicolumns would become \multicolumn {2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.8}}c}{$e_1$} It appears as if it is forbidden to use \rowcolor inside of a \multicolumn. The solution to insert \columncolor is certainly unsatisfactory, because it has to be repeated for every (colored) column and the overhang configuration needs to be replicated. But I am unaware of a better solution. Since you mentioned that you are familiar with pgfplotstable and how to insert a \multicolumn with pgfplotstable, I assume that the paragraph above answer the question... In case you need assistance with the pgfplotstable config, it might be helpful to have a minimal example. Best regards Christian Am 11.04.2011 16:27, schrieb hh: > Sehr geehrter Dr. Feuersaenger, > > mein Versuch, mit Ihrer Anleitung zu pgftable eine rowcolor zu > erzielen, hatte seien Grenzen, wenn ich (oder das Programm) eine > multicolumn einfuehrte. Eine Loesung war auch nicht zu finden: > > Siehe auch die attachments. Vielleicht wissen Sie einen Ausweg. > > Mit Gruss > > Henning Heinze > Oiapoque, Brasil (Grenze zu Frankreich) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Pgfplots-features mailing list Pgfplots-features@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgfplots-features