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diff --git a/doc/user/tbl_cell b/doc/user/tbl_cell index 159372e..e68fd0b 100644 --- a/doc/user/tbl_cell +++ b/doc/user/tbl_cell @@ -4,7 +4,18 @@ @Begin @PP The @Code "@Cell" symbol offers a few options for changing the appearance -cell.option @Index { cell options in tables } +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.paint @SubIndex { @Code "paint" option } +paint. @RawIndex { @Code "paint" option } +paint.in.tables @SubIndex { in tables } +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.font @SubIndex { @Code "font" option } +font.option. @RawIndex { @Code "font" option } +font.option.in.tables @SubIndex { in tables } +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.break @SubIndex { @Code "break" option } +break. @RawIndex { @Code "break" option } +break.tables @SubIndex { in tables } of entries placed in it. Like all options, these appear immediately after the @Code "@Cell" symbol, with their values in braces: @ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim { @@ -29,9 +40,61 @@ Do not throw stones at this notice } with a light grey background, Italic font, and @Code "clines" paragraph breaking style. The paint colour -may be any colour from Section {@NumberOf colour}. Another option, -{@Code background}, allows an arbitrary object to be placed in the -background of the cell, in front of any paint but behind the entry. +may be any colour from Section {@NumberOf colour}. +@PP +Wherever there is a @Code paint option in the standard packages, there +is a neighbouring @Code texture option, which causes the paint to be +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.texture @SubIndex { @Code "texture" option } +texture.option. @RawIndex { @Code "texture" option } +texture.option.in.tables @SubIndex { in tables } +applied according to a given texture. For a list of available +textures, consult Section {@NumberOf textures}; for how the @Code texture +option works, consult the description of the @Code texture option to the +@Code "@Box" symbol in Section {@NumberOf boxes} (all @Code texture +options work in the same way). Here's an example: +@ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim { +@Tbl + width { 2f } + height { 2f } + aformat { +@Cell paint { black } texture { brickwork } A | @Cell B | +@Cell paint { black } texture { brickwork } C | @Cell D } + bformat { +@Cell A | @Cell paint { black } texture { brickwork } B | +@Cell C | @Cell paint { black } texture { brickwork } D } +{ +@Rowa +@Rowb +@Rowa +@Rowb +} +} +produces +@FootNote { If you can't see any textures here, the fault is probably +with your PostScript viewer. See Section {@NumberOf textures}. } +@CD @OneRow +@Tbl + width { 2f } + height { 2f } + aformat { +@Cell paint { black } texture { brickwork } A | @Cell B | +@Cell paint { black } texture { brickwork } C | @Cell D } + bformat { +@Cell A | @Cell paint { black } texture { brickwork } B | +@Cell C | @Cell paint { black } texture { brickwork } D } +{ +@Rowa +@Rowb +@Rowa +@Rowb +} +Another option, {@Code background}, allows an arbitrary object to be +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.background @SubIndex { @Code "background" option } +background.tables @Index { @Code "background" option (tables) } +placed in the background of the cell, in front of any paint but behind +the entry. @PP Later sections introduce other @Code "@Cell" options, for fixed-width columns, indented entries, margins, and rules. It is also @@ -92,6 +155,6 @@ setup file (Section {@NumberOf tbl_setu}), which if set will paint every table in the document. When a more general setting of an option is contradicted by a more specific setting (e.g. when @Code "@Tbl" has @Code "paint { lightgrey }" but some cell or row has -{@Code "paint { nopaint }"}), the more specific setting applies. For a +{@Code "paint { none }"}), the more specific setting applies. For a precise description, see Section {@NumberOf tbl_summ}. @End @Section |