[NTG-context] Fwd: Need help with \definetabulate

16 Oct 2012

      Any pointers anyone? I need to get this working and am running out of ideas.

Thank you,
Malte.

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From: Malte Stien 
Date: 15 October 2012 17:03:42
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Need help with \definetabulate
Marco,
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\definetabulate [alpha] [|l|l|l|]
\setuptabulate  [alpha] [bodyfont=small]
This does not work for me quite the way I need it to. I am really just after defining the font-size, but I would like to leave the column setup to the user (I am building an environment and that I would like everyone in my team to use to ensure a consistent look-and-feel or all documents). So, ideally, I would like to do this:
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\definetabulate [alpha]
\setuptabulate  [alpha] [bodyfont=small]
\starttext[|l|l|l|]
\startalpha
  \NC first \NC second \NC third \NC\NR
\stopalpha
...
\stoptext
...but that does not seem to work. Any way I can achieve this?
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Feel free to add an example. It's a wiki!
Sure. Will do, once I have this working.
Thank you,
Malte.
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Hi Malte
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I am trying to define two tabulate styles as follows:
- \setuptabulate[split=yes, bodyfont=small]
- \setuptabulate[split=yes]
\definetabulate [alpha] [|l|l|l|]
\setuptabulate  [alpha] [bodyfont=small]
\definetabulate [beta] [|l|l|]
\setuptabulate  [beta] [bodyfont=small, split=yes]
\starttext
\startalpha
  \NC first \NC second \NC third \NC\NR
\stopalpha
\startbeta
  \NC lorem \NC ipsum \NC\NR
\stopbeta
\stoptext
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...such that I can just refer to them when I
\starttabulate...\stoptabulate somewhere.
To refer to a table, you place it as a float and use the
`reference=tab:alphatable` key. Then in the text you refer to the
table, see \in{table}[tab:alphatable].
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I thought, the command \definetabulate would come in handy here,
but I can't work it out and it appears the documentation on that
command is pretty scarce.
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definetabulate
Feel free to add an example. It's a wiki!
Marco