Conference vaxuum::document_ft

199.0. "Same width braces within a column" by CLOSET::KAIKOW () Sat Apr 04 1987 13:56

The following produces numbers that are not quite aligned the same way in each
stack. This is because the stack sizes are different, thus different width
braces are used. A mechanism should be provided to specify that the same width
braces be used within a column of a table.

<P>In the following example, N=3, M=5 and X=8.
<ALIGN_CHAR>(#)
<table_>
<table_ATTRIBUTES>(\WIDE)
<table_SETUP>(3\12\12)
<table_heads>(Volume<LINE>Set<LINE>Sequence<LINE>Number\Volume<LINE>Set<LINE>Identifier\Volume<LINE>Set Size)
<table_ROW>(###1<LINE>###2<LINE>###3\CHESS<LINE>CHESS<LINE>CHESS\
<LIST>(STACKED\braces)
<le>###3
<le>###3
<le>###3
<ENDLIST>
First N volumes premastered at same time)
<table_ROW>(###4<LINE>###5\CHESS<LINE>CHESS\
<LIST>(STACKED\braces)
<le>###5
<le>###5
<ENDLIST>
Volumes N+1 to M premastered at same time)
<table_ROW>(###6<LINE>###7<LINE>###8\CHESS<LINE>CHESS<LINE>CHESS\
<LIST>(STACKED\braces)
<le>###8
<le>###8
<le>###8
<ENDLIST>
Volumes M+1 to X premastered at same time)
<ENDTABLE>
<endalign_char>

    
    You can approximate what you want by placing a null <LE> in the
    middle stack list. This doesn't vertically align the two elements
    in the center, but the braces will be the same size.