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linetables have also no repeated header, besides being obsolete; new column for xtables
* [[Tabulate]] (tabulation, '''recommended for simple requirements''')
* [[TABLE]] (natural tables, HTML tables, '''recommended''')
* [[Linetable]] (new multipage tables, '''experimental'''and probably obsolete)
* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf xtables] (extreme tables)
<tr style="background-color:#DDDDDD" align="left" valign="top">
<th>Feature</th><th>[[Tabulate]]</th><th>[[Table]]</th>
<th>[[Tables]]</th><th>[[TABLE]]</th><th>[[Linetable]]</th><th>[[xtables]]</th>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">horizonal lines</th>
</texcode></td>
<td>unknown</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;">
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">vertical lines</th>
</texcode></td>
<td>unknown</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">multipage</th>
<td>yes, with <tt>split=yes</tt> or <tt>split=repeat</tt></td>
<td>yes, even horizontally</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;">
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">repeated header</th>
<td><texcode>
\setuptabulate[header=repeat]
\starttabulatehead
...
\eTABLEhead
</texcode></td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">repeated footer</th>
\stoptabletail
</texcode></td>
<td>no</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;">
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">automatic fitting to given table width</th>
</texcode></td>
<td>unknown</td>
<td>default</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">problems</th>
</texcode></td>
<td>there may be problems in width and height calculation and perhaps the multipage features</td>
<td>still experimental, nearly no documentation</td><td>very verbose</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;">
<th style="background-color:#DDDDDD">documentation (except wiki)</th>
<td>[[manual:mp-cb-en.pdf|ms-cb-en.pdf]], [[source:tabl-tab.mkii|tabl-tab.mkii]]</td>
<td>[[source:tabl-tab.mkii|tabl-tab.mkii]]</td>
<td>[[manual:enattab.pdf|enattab.pdf]], [http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/NaturalTables.pdf NaturalTables.pdf], [[source:tabl-ntb.mkii|tabl-ntb.mkii]] / [[source:tabl-ntb.mkiv|tabl-ntb.mkiv]]</td><td>[[source:tabl-ltb.mkii|tabl-ltb.mkii]] / [[source:tabl-ltb.mkiv|tabl-ltb.mkiv]]</td><td>[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf xtables-mkiv.pdf]</td></tr></table>
[[Category:Tables]]
