Gerion Entrup schrieb am 18.09.2024 um 14:44:
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.
You can use Metapost.
\startuseMPgraphic{tableheader}{text,rotation}
label.lft("\strut\bf\MPvar{text}",origin)
rotated \MPvar{rotation}
shifted (\the\strutht,0);
setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare
xyscaled(\the\struttotal,sin(\MPvar{rotation})*\the\widthofstring{\MPvar{text}});
\stopuseMPgraphic
\starttext
\bTABLE[frame=off]
\bTR[align={middle,low}]
\bTH \eTH
\bTH[width=3em]
\dontleavehmode\useMPgraphic{tableheader}{text=Water
buffalo,rotation=315} \eTH
\bTH[width=3em]
\dontleavehmode\useMPgraphic{tableheader}{text=Mexican redknee
tarantula,rotation=315} \eTH
\bTH[width=3em]
\dontleavehmode\useMPgraphic{tableheader}{text=European turtle
dove,rotation=315} \eTH
\eTR
\bTR[topframe=on,align=middle]
\bTD Amount of legs \eTD
\bTD 4 \eTD
\bTD 8 \eTD
\bTD 2 \eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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