Re: [NTG-context] xtables: rowwise, columnwise, and cellwise opera

6 Jan 2018

      You're right, the manual says what you pasted.
I agree that it is logical and makes sense, but the actual program does not
do it.  My version is:  "mtx-context

I was using:  version: 2017.08.29 19:35
I updated to: version: 2018.01.05 19:26

Reality does not match the manual page you quated.
I recommend that you test before you send out manual pages which are not accurate with the actual processing. 

Regards

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Alan Braslau  wrote:
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According to i-context.pdf ($CONTEXTHOME/tex/context/interface/mkiv)
1         2
\startxcell [...] [..,..=..,..] ... \stopxcell
             OPT       OPT
1 NAME
2 nx=NUMBER
  ny=NUMBER
  nc=NUMBER
  nr=NUMBER
inherits: \setupxtable
On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:50:51 -0800
"jdh"  wrote:
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No it wont compile with two groups.  It takes the second as content.
It may be a version difference.  But it likewise would not work as is
for me with puting the key=value into the 1st bracket pair.
Version parsing difference?
Alan Braslau  wrote:
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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  wrote:
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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  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
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