Re: [NTG-context] how to get thick and thin borders working in tables (ConTeXt)

On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Lars Huttar wrote:

Hello,

We are using ConTeXt (with XeTeX engine) to typeset some tables that have borders (rules) between cells.

In the previous edition of the book (which was not done in TeX), some of the lines between table cells were double, others single. This was done to show grouping of columns and rows. We have been told that in TeX, or at least in ConTeXt, you can't do double rules (we'd be happy to be corrected on that point),

Have you tried using metapost backgrounds? See http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/enattab.pdf Aditya