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authorJeffrey H. Kingston <jeff@it.usyd.edu.au>2010-09-14 19:38:32 +0000
committerJeffrey H. Kingston <jeff@it.usyd.edu.au>2010-09-14 19:38:32 +0000
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Lout 3.19 tag.3.19
git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/lout/tags/3.19@8 9365b830-b601-4143-9ba8-b4a8e2c3339c
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diff --git a/doc/user/tbl_alig b/doc/user/tbl_alig
index 0032e86..69e5588 100644
--- a/doc/user/tbl_alig
+++ b/doc/user/tbl_alig
@@ -28,21 +28,19 @@ each entry:
@Rowa A { 5772^ }
}
}
-The equals signs of equations can be aligned in the same way (see the
-example at the start of this chapter).
+The equals signs of equations can be aligned in the same way.
@PP
Owing to problems behind the scenes, in a column in which one cell is
labelled {@Code "indent { align }"}, all the other cells have to be
so labelled, otherwise Lout make a mess of things. This is a problem
when we want to get a heading over the top of an aligned column: if
-we follow the rule, the @I heading gets aligned, which is wrong; but
-if we don't, Lout makes a mess of things. There is no ideal solution
-to this problem.
+we follow the rule, the @I heading gets aligned, which is wrong. There
+is no ideal solution to this problem.
@PP
What most people want is for the heading to be centred in the column, and the
aligned entries to be centred in the column as a block, but Lout cannot
do this. One approximation is to make the heading cell a spanning
-cell with centring, like this:
+cell (Section {@NumberOf tbl_span}) with centring, like this:
@FootNote { Lout does not currently accept single-column tables
with {@Code "@StartHSpan"}, so we've had to add
an empty second column. }
@@ -50,22 +48,22 @@ an empty second column. }
@Tbl
marginvertical { 0.5vx }
aformat { @StartHSpan @Cell indent { ctr } @B A | }
- bformat { @Cell A | }
+ bformat { @Cell indent { align } A | }
{
-@Rowa A { Heading }
+@Rowa A { Head }
@Rowb A { 5^.46 }
@Rowb A { 3^.4159 }
@Rowb A { 5772^ }
}
}
-The spanning quarantines the centred cell from the aligned cells,
-permitting @Code "indent { ctr }" to work:
+The spanning quarantines the centred cell, permitting
+@Code "indent { ctr }" to work:
@CD @OneRow @Tbl
marginvertical { 0.5vx }
aformat { @StartHSpan @Cell indent { ctr } @B A | }
- bformat { @Cell A | }
+ bformat { @Cell indent { align } A | }
{
-@Rowa A { V } marginabove { 0i }
+@Rowa A { Head } marginabove { 0i }
@Rowb A { 5^.46 }
@Rowb A { 3^.4159 }
@Rowb A { 5772^ } marginbelow { 0i }
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ But if the heading cell is wider than the aligned cells, you get this:
@CD @OneRow @Tbl
marginvertical { 0.5vx }
aformat { @StartHSpan @Cell indent { ctr } @B A | }
- bformat { @Cell A | }
+ bformat { @Cell indent { align } A | }
{
@Rowa A { A Wider Heading } marginabove { 0i }
@Rowb A { 5^.46 }
@@ -87,17 +85,19 @@ respect to a heading. In these cases you could forget about
@Code "@StartHSpan" and treat the heading as an aligned entry,
either by placing a @Code "^" within it or by using
@ID @Code "@Cell 0.5w @HShift A"
-which places the alignment point in the centre of the entry.
-#@CD @OneRow @Tbl
-# marginvertical { 0.5vx }
-# aformat { @Cell 0.5w @HShift @B A }
-# bformat { @Cell A }
-#{
-#@Rowa A { A Wider Heading } marginabove { 0i }
-#@Rowb A { 5^.46 }
-#@Rowb A { 3^.4159 }
-#@Rowb A { 5772^ } marginbelow { 0i }
-#}
-You can move the alignment point about by changing the 0.5. Of course,
-all this is a poor substitute for the real thing.
+which places the alignment point in the centre of the entry:
+@CD @OneRow @Tbl
+ indent { align }
+ marginvertical { 0.5vx }
+ aformat { @Cell 0.5w @HShift @B A }
+ bformat { @Cell A }
+{
+@Rowa A { A Wider Heading } marginabove { 0i }
+@Rowb A { 5^.46 }
+@Rowb A { 3^.4159 }
+@Rowb A { 5772^ } marginbelow { 0i }
+}
+You can move the alignment point about by changing the 0.5 to something
+smaller or larger. Of course, all this is a poor substitute for the
+real thing.
@End @Section