Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-09 Thread Hans Hagen
On 9/9/2013 9:13 AM, Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. wrote: Hello, just one user's point of view: There are many table-creating commands. Some of them are deprecated and only supported for backward compatibility. they are not deprecated at all - table: a rather traditional, close to

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-09 Thread Procházka Lukáš Ing . - Pontex s . r . o .
Hello, just one user's point of view: There are many table-creating commands. Some of them are deprecated and only supported for backward compatibility. It seemed to me till now that natural tables (provided by \...TABLE... commands) were best choice as they are versatile, they have friendly

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 9/8/2013 5:50 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 08.09.2013 um 17:02 schrieb Hans Hagen : Do you plan to add something equivalent to \setupTABLE[][][] because xtables lack the function to set values for certain rows/columns. in TABLE that is both flexible and a slow-downer but in xtreme tab

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 08.09.2013 um 17:02 schrieb Hans Hagen : >> Do you plan to add something equivalent to >> \setupTABLE[][][] >> because xtables lack the function to set values for certain rows/columns. > > in TABLE that is both flexible and a slow-downer but in xtreme table we have > named cells, rows, cell

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 9/8/2013 4:41 PM, hwit...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I was need to set the height and width of cells as well as turn on and off top/bottom, left/right cell frames. Is this functionality covered in extreme tables? you can still do that but with either explicit settings or with symbolic refere

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 9/8/2013 2:17 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 08.09.2013 um 02:33 schrieb hwit...@gmail.com: Thanks for the explanation. Providing the mapping feature with \mapTABLEtoxtabl and \restoreTABLEfromxtable was a very good choice. Cheers Hans Hagen wrote: On 9/7/2013 3:31 AM, hwit...@gma

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-08 Thread hwitloc
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Do you plan to add something equivalent to > \setupTABLE[][][] > because xtables lack the function to set values for certain rows/columns. > > Wolfgang Yes, I was need to set the height and width of cells as well as turn on and off top/bottom, left/right cell frames

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 08.09.2013 um 02:33 schrieb hwit...@gmail.com: > > Thanks for the explanation. > Providing the mapping feature with \mapTABLEtoxtabl and > \restoreTABLEfromxtable > was a very good choice. > > Cheers > > Hans Hagen wrote: > >> On 9/7/2013 3:31 AM, hwit...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> I

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-07 Thread hwitloc
Thanks for the explanation. Providing the mapping feature with \mapTABLEtoxtabl and \restoreTABLEfromxtable was a very good choice. Cheers Hans Hagen wrote: > On 9/7/2013 3:31 AM, hwit...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I just noticed the YATM, "yet another table method", built in ConTEXt, > >

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-07 Thread Hans Hagen
On 9/7/2013 3:31 AM, hwit...@gmail.com wrote: I just noticed the YATM, "yet another table method", built in ConTEXt, called "extreme tables", which is said to be a variant of the natural table mechanism. Is extreme-tables a superset of natural-tables functionality? Is the future in extreme-ta

[NTG-context] [***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)

2013-09-06 Thread hwitloc
I just noticed the YATM, "yet another table method", built in ConTEXt, called "extreme tables", which is said to be a variant of the natural table mechanism. Is extreme-tables a superset of natural-tables functionality? Is the future in extreme-tables and will natural-tables eventually take a b