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diff --git a/doc/user/tbl_span b/doc/user/tbl_span index ec568dc..f6757c9 100644 --- a/doc/user/tbl_span +++ b/doc/user/tbl_span @@ -4,10 +4,18 @@ @Begin @PP To make a cell span across several columns, precede the @Code "@Cell" +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.span @SubIndex { spanning columns and rows } spanning.columns @Index { spanning columns and rows in tables } symbol with @Code "@StartHSpan" and replace each spanned cell's +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.starthspan @SubIndex { @Code "@StartHSpan" option } +starthspan.tables @Index { @Code "@StartHSpan" option (tables) } @Code "@Cell" symbol with {@Code "@HSpan"}, like this: -@ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim { +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.hspan @SubIndex { @Code "@HSpan" option } +hspan.tables @Index { @Code "@HSpan" option (tables) } +@ID @OneRow -1px @Break @Code @Verbatim { @Tbl rule { yes } aformat { @StartHSpan @Cell indent { ctr } @B A | @HSpan | @HSpan } @@ -51,8 +59,14 @@ but actually has a use (Section {@NumberOf tbl_alig}). @PP Spanning rows work in the same way; the spanning cell is preceded by {@Code "@StartVSpan"}, and the spanned cells are replaced by +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.startvspan @SubIndex { @Code "@StartVSpan" option } +startvspan.tables @Index { @Code "@StartVSpan" option (tables) } +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.vspan @SubIndex { @Code "@VSpan" option } +vspan.tables @Index { @Code "@VSpan" option (tables) } {@Code "@VSpan"}: -@ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim { +@ID @OneRow -1px @Break @Code @Verbatim { @Tbl rule { yes } aformat { @StartVSpan @Cell @I A | @Cell B | @Cell C } @@ -96,7 +110,7 @@ The result of this is C { Introductory Computer Science } } Here is a notorious larger example, the `spiral': -@ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim { +@ID @OneRow -1px @Break @Code @Verbatim { @QuotedDisplay @Tbl rule { yes } { @@ -131,17 +145,14 @@ It is important when constructing mind-boggling tables like this one to ensure that every format has exactly the same number of @Code "|" symbols. Otherwise the number of columns will differ from row to row. The names given to the entries ({@Code "A"}, {@Code "B"}, {@Code "C"}, -etc.) are quite irrelevant: having a @Code "@Cell D" in one row and a -@Code "@Cell D" in another does not mean that the cells will appear in -the same column. -# @PP -# There is an asymmetry in the spiral above: the first column -# occupies slightly more space than the other two. This arises -# because the left margin of the leftmost column is excluded from the -# calculation of how much space is available. This anomaly might be -# corrected some day. +etc.) are quite irrelevant: having a @Code "@Cell D" in one row and +a @Code "@Cell D" in another does not mean that the cells will appear +in the same column. @PP There is a @Code "@StartHVSpan" symbol which combines the effects +tables. @RawIndex { tables } +tables.starthvspan @SubIndex { @Code "@StartHVSpan" option } +starthvspan.tables @Index { @Code "@StartHVSpan" option (tables) } of @Code "@StartHSpan" and {@Code "@StartVSpan"}. You need to use it in this arrangement: @ID @OneRow @Tbl |