Am 14.07.2010 20:42, schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد:
Dear fellow gangsters,
MkIV:
\starttext \starttables[|c|c|c|c|c|] \HL \VL Sevens \VL \Use{2}[c]{Al-Yaʿqūbī} (d.~283{\sc ah})\VL \Use{2}[c]{Al-Munādī} (d.~334{\sc ah}) \VL\AR \HL \VL \VL ʿAlī \VL Zayd \VL ʿAlī \VL Zayd \VL\AR \HL \stoptables \stoptext
In row 2, the space between columns 2-3, and 3-4 are not even. Is this a bug? If not, how do I balance them?
probably just automatic width balancing.
Best wishes Idris
maybe like this... \starttext \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{Al-Yaʿqūbī (d.~283{\sc ah})} \newdimen\colA \colA\wd\scratchbox \advance\colA-2em % sub column offsets \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{Al-Munādī (d.~334{\sc ah})} \newdimen\colB \colB\wd\scratchbox \advance\colB-2em \starttables[|c|cp(.5\colA)|cp(.5\colA)|cp(.5\colB)|cp(.5\colB)|] \HL \VL Sevens \VL \Use{2}[c]{Al-Yaʿqūbī} (d.~283{\sc ah})\VL \Use{2}[c]{Al-Munādī} (d.~334{\sc ah}) \VL\AR \HL \VL \VL ʿAlī \VL Zayd \VL ʿAlī \VL Zayd \VL\AR \HL \stoptables \stoptext Best wishes, Peter