On 12/29/2024 1:41 PM, vm via ntg-context wrote:

copying the example from page 4 in https://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/enattab.pdf

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\starttext Natural Tables begin prev next quit 1 2 3 4 1 2/3 4 1 4 1 2 3 4 \bTABLE[align={middle,lohi}] \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD[nr=2,nc=2,color=red] 2/3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext

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i don't get the same result as is show in the manual. rather the color=red seems to spread over the frame of the cell as well. did some defaults change over time, or am i missing something?

This gives a clue: \starttext \bTABLE[align={middle,lohi}] \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD[nr=2,nc=2,foregroundcolor=red] 2/3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \bTABLE[align={middle,lohi}] \bTR \bTD[nr=2,nc=2,color=red] 2/3 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

vm via ntg-context schrieb am 29.12.2024 um 13:41:

copying the example from page 4 in https://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/enattab.pdf

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\starttext Natural Tables begin prev next quit 1 2 3 4 1 2/3 4 1 4 1 2 3 4 \bTABLE[align={middle,lohi}] \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD[nr=2,nc=2,color=red] 2/3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext

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i don't get the same result as is show in the manual. rather the color=red seems to spread over the frame of the cell as well. did some defaults change over time, or am i missing something?

The manual is typeset with MkII which has the default setting "framecolor=black" for natural tables while the newer systems leave the framecolor value empty. \starttext \color[red]{\framed[framecolor=black]{text}} \color[green]{\framed[framecolor=]{text}} \stoptext Wolfgang