Am Dienstag, 17. September 2024, 20:36:23 MESZ schrieb Gerion Entrup:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to typeset a table where some of the column headings are really long, 
> while in the columns itself consists only of numbers.
> Therefore, my idea was to rotate the column headings but not 90 degrees (I 
> found some solutions for that) but 45 degree.
> 
> It then would be beneficial to push together the rotated cells, so the text 
> of one cell actually starts above the previous cell.
> Do you know, how to achieve that?
> 
> Here is a minimal example:
> ```
> \startsetups[table:rotated]
>       \setupTABLE[frame=off]
>       \setupTABLE[row][first][bottomframe=on, style=bf, align={center, low}]
>       \setupTABLE[row][2][align=flushright]
> \stopsetups
> 
> \starttext
> \define\tablerotate{\dontleavehmode\rotate[rotation=-45, location=high]}
> \bTABLE[setups=table:rotated]
>       \bTR \bTD \eTD \bTD \tablerotate{Water buffalo} \eTD \bTD 
> \tablerotate{Mexican redknee tarantula} \eTD \bTD \tablerotate{European 
> turtle dove} \eTD \eTR
>       \bTR \bTD Amount of legs \eTD \bTD \digits{4} \eTD \bTD \digits{8} \eTD 
> \bTD \digits{2} \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
> \stoptext
> ```
> I would like to achieve that the text "Mexican redknee tarantula" is typeset 
> right and above of "Water buffalo" so that the single columns have a width 
> that is similar to the width of the single digit coming in the second row.

To visualize this, I patched the PDF of the above example to the desired 
result. See the attachment.


> Another question in this context: Is is possible to specify a \setupTABLE 
> command that works for column 2-4 starting from row 2?
> Something like \setupTABLE[row][2-][column][2,3,4][background=color, 
> backgroundcolor=red].
> In this example this would cover all numbers but nothing else.
> 
> Best
> Gerion

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