Dear cell, Here is a table that works in pdfetex mode, but not Plain mode (I hope it survives transmission!). Again, the problem appears to be non-fatal, but very irritating: ===================== \bgroup \tfx\setupinterlinespace %\switchtobodyfont[10pt] \placetable [here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.} \starttable[|l|l|l|l|] \HL \VL \emph{mode of} \VL \emph{locus of} \VL \emph{objects of} \VL \emph{ontological} \VL\FR \VL \emph{cognition} \VL \emph{cognition} \VL \emph{cognition} \VL \emph{rank of} \VL\NR \VL \VL \VL \VL \emph{objects of} \VL\NR \VL \VL \VL \VL \emph{cognition} \VL\LR \HL \VL knowledge \VL bosom \VL forms or \VL the universal \VL\FR \VL \VL \VL images \VL soul \VL\LR \HL \VL certainty \VL heart \VL meanings/ \VL the universal \VL\FR \VL \VL \VL intelligibles \VL nous \VL\LR \HL \VL cognizance \VL heart-flux \VL light of \VL existence \emph{qua} \VL\FR \VL \VL \VL cognizance \VL negatively \VL\NR \VL \VL \VL \VL conditioned \VL\LR \HL \stoptable \egroup ===================== and the error: ===================== ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \convertedargument. <to be read again> \tabskip <argument> ##\tabskip \LeftTabskip & \hfil \startglobalTABLEcolor \vrule \!t... \convertargument ...ng \def \convertedargument {#1 }\dodoglobal \edef #2{\con... \getTABLEnofcolumns ...nvertargument #1\to \ascii \@EA \doglobal \@EA \count... \!ttDoHalign ...LEnofcolumns {\the \!taPreamble }} \halign \the \!taTableSpre... \restartTABLE ...pareTABLEsplitting \restartTABLE \TABLEhead l.10 \starttable[|l|l|l|l|] ? ===================== Idris
At 07:53 PM 2/4/2003 -0700, Idris S Hamid wrote:
bgroup \tfx\setupinterlinespace %\switchtobodyfont[10pt] \placetable [here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.} \starttable[|l|l|l|l|]
cleaner: \startbuffer \starttable[|l|l|l|l|] \VL knowledge \VL bosom \VL forms or \VL the universal \VL\SR \stoptable \stopbuffer \placetable [here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.} {\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\getbuffer} this way you can also scale a table: \externalfigure[buffer][...] Your problem is related to parsing the preamble with ##'s. Of course I should start rewriting table because ... Anyhow, here's a patch you can try (goes into cont-new) please test this (i must have had a reason for parsing the preamble instead of the template) \unprotect \def\thirdstagestartTABLE#1% {\global\setTABLEactiontrue \setTABLEaction\TABLEunknown \setTABLEforce\TABLEunknown \setTABLEerror\TABLEunknown \global\TABLEgraylinefalse \global\TABLEgraydonefalse \globalletempty\TABLEgrayline \globalletempty\nextTABLEgrayline \globalletempty\TABLEgraylineerror \globalletempty\TABLEgraylinestatus \resetVLvalues \appendtoks\popouterbarandquote\to\EveryTable \appendtoks\localTABLEsetup\to\EveryTable \BeginTable[\ifsplittables u\else b\fi]% \defineTABLEunits \defineTABLEsteps \defineTABLErules \defineTABLEdivisions \defineTABLEshorthands \defineTABLEbackgrounds \defineTABLEendings \forgetall % added \doifsomething{#1} {\def\TABLEformat{#1}% \getTABLEnofcolumns\TABLEformat \expandafter\BeginFormat\TABLEformat\EndFormat}} \def\!ttDoHalign {\baselineskip \zeropoint \lineskiplimit\zeropoint \lineskip \zeropoint \tabskip \zeropoint %\expanded{\getTABLEnofcolumns{\the\!taPreamble}}% added \halign \the\!taTableSpread \bgroup \span\the\!taPreamble \ifx \!tfRowOfWidths \empty \else \!tfRowOfWidths \cr \fi} \bgroup \catcode`\|=\@@other \gdef\getTABLEnofcolumns#1% {\bgroup \cleanupfeatures \expanded{\convertargument#1}\to\ascii \@EA\doglobal\@EA\counttoken\@EA|\@EA\in\ascii\to\maxTABLEcolumn \global\advance\maxTABLEcolumn \minusone \egroup} \egroup \starttext \startbuffer \definetabletemplate[xx][|l|l|l|l|] \starttable[xx]% %[|l|l|l|l|] \VL knowledge \VL bosom \VL forms or \VL the universal \VL\SR \stoptable \stopbuffer \placetable [here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.} {\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\getbuffer} \stoptext ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hans Hagen wrote:
please test this (i must have had a reason for parsing the preamble instead of the template)
I did three tests (perhaps I am not placing the patch in the right place): I. In pdfetex: if I place the patch at the end of cont-new OR in the preamble of the test file I get ================= ! Missing \cr inserted. <inserted text> \cr <to be read again> } l.64 {\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\getbuffer} ? ================= II. In Gamma (Omega1.15): if I place the patch at the end of cont-new I get ================= ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \ascii. <to be read again> \tabskip <argument> ##\tabskip \LeftTabskip & \hfil \startglobalTABLEcolor \vrule \!t... \convertargument #1\to #2->\long \def #2{#1 }\dodoglobal \edef #2{\convertedc... \getTABLEnofcolumns ...nvertargument #1\to \ascii \@EA \doglobal \@EA \count... \!ttDoHalign ...LEnofcolumns {\the \!taPreamble }} \halign \the \!taTableSpre... \restartTABLE ...pareTABLEsplitting \restartTABLE \TABLEhead l.2 \starttable[xx] % %[|l|l|l|l|] ? ================= III. In Gamma (Omega1.15): if I place the patch in the preamble to the test file I get ! Missing \cr inserted. <inserted text> \cr <to be read again> } l.64 {\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\getbuffer} ? ================ ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \ascii. <to be read again> \tabskip <argument> ##\tabskip \LeftTabskip & \hfil \startglobalTABLEcolor \vrule \!t... \convertargument #1\to #2->\long \def #2{#1 }\dodoglobal \edef #2{\convertedc... \getTABLEnofcolumns ...nvertargument #1\to \ascii \@EA \doglobal \@EA \count... \!ttDoHalign ...LEnofcolumns {\the \!taPreamble }} \halign \the \!taTableSpre... \restartTABLE ...pareTABLEsplitting \restartTABLE \TABLEhead l.2 \starttable[xx] % %[|l|l|l|l|] ? ================= Thanx for all of your help. I look forward to the next round of responses! Best Idris
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