Not sure if this is known or not, but I think the code() method is broken
(and some other ones, like sub() and sup())? On the stable commit for
Leopard, they don't produce any output for me (or errors),
-tieg

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 4:53 PM, jerry anning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Nice, Emanuel. Based on this, it seems to me that you could put the texts
> or whatever in a two dimensional array and calculate the max length of each
> column from that. You could also calculate max height for rows the same way.
> You could then use the array of max heights and max widths you generate to
> generate the rows and columns in the needed sizes and insert the data on the
> fly. You could even use these sizes to generate lines above, below, and on
> either side of the text rows and columns in the right sizes to give the
> table boxes apparent borders. It would be ugly and messy, but you could wrap
> it up in function(s) in a separate module and your app proper would still
> look reasonably nice. Unfortunately, I don't think this would very easily
> let you autoresize, but with careful use of repaint it might be possible.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Tieg Zaharia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> Killer! Thanks for the help my friends.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Emanuel Carnevale <
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 8:43 PM, jerry anning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, but the table produced is the transpose of what I was trying for.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, I see... sorry, but I didn't have your target in mind, for me was
>>> easier thinking for rows.
>>>
>>>
>>>> My idea was that the inner stacks would form the columns and the flow
>>>> would line them up next to each other. I hoped that the column-stacks would
>>>> give me the desired horizontal autosizing. The outermost stack was intended
>>>> simply to put the close button below the table (if it had worked).
>>>>
>>>
>>> this one works and is even better looking!
>>> http://pastie.org/238053
>>>
>>> actually I love it! :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Emanuel Carnevale <
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:57 PM, jerry anning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> i tried the obvious stack and flow method of making a table, shown in
>>>>>> this pastie:
>>>>>> http://pastie.org/237981
>>>>>> but it did not work. I just got all of the paras in a stack. I also
>>>>>> tried wrapping each para in an individual flow with a view to adding
>>>>>> graphical delimiters to create boxes later, and got the same result. My
>>>>>> primary logic capacitor is burned out today, so can someone tell me why 
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> doesn't work?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Instead of stack, flow, stack,
>>>>> try
>>>>> stack, flow
>>>>>
>>>>> here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://pastie.org/238006
>>>>>
>>>>> now, we should find some way to have all of the slots the same width.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Emanuel Carnevale <
>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Tieg Zaharia <
>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just wondering if anyone's come up with a good workaround to get
>>>>>>>> html-ish tables in Shoes? I have a good case for tabular data, but I 
>>>>>>>> haven't
>>>>>>>> figured out how to make 'columns' and get them to stretch to the 
>>>>>>>> contents'
>>>>>>>> size yet,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> what about a table made of stack and flows? if we hide everything
>>>>>>> behind a class could be cool.you can add anything to a canvas, even 
>>>>>>> images.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Emanuel
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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