Re: [NTG-context] Mapping TABLE to xtable (module "ntb-to-xtb") doesn't recognize "c" option for columns

20 Feb 2019


      On 2/20/2019 9:06 AM, Procházka Lukáš Ing. wrote:
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Hello,
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:35:41 +0100, Wolfgang Schuster 
 wrote:
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Procházka Lukáš Ing. schrieb am 19.02.19 um 21:27:
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Hello,
it seems that xtable setup doesn't recognize the "c" option, which is
recognized successfully by TABLE setup;
tested on mapping provided by "ntb-to-xtb" module:
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\usemodule[ntb-to-xtb] \restoreTABLEfromxtable
\starttext
  \bTABLE
    \setupTABLE[c][1][width=1in] % Set 1st column width - OK with TABLE
    \bTR
      \bTD A
      \eTD
    \eTR
  \eTABLE
  \bgroup
    \mapTABLEtoxtable
    \bTABLE
      \setupTABLE[c][1][width=1in] % <- This line causes error - not
recognized by xtable setup
xtables don’t support row/column settings like natural table and the
mapping doesn’t change this.
Wolfgang
as column setup for TABLEs by "\setupTABLE[c][1][width=1in]" is handy 
and is used frequently, would it be possible to provide identical 
mechanism for xtables?
all is popssible but it won't happen ... different approach ... you can 
use named setups here
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From what I read in the manual, setting width of a column for xtable is 
provided by \startxcell[width=...] at the place of the first 
cell-in-that-column usage.
Moreover, when xtable is built in two passes, in the first pass it might 
take a column (width) specification(s), if provided, and keep on reading 
xcell specification(s), considering xcell width, if provided.
it already does ... even more than two passes
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I guess to be handy to implement both \setupTABLE[c][...] and 
\setupxtable[c][...] in a similar way, especially when there is a simple 
mechanism which allows TABLE/xtable switching (ntb-to-xtb module).
it would also be pretty inefficient

Hans

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