Re: Vertical centering in tables -- or, why isn't there a FAQ?

[Valeriy E. Ushakov]

On Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 03:25:05AM +0300, Nimrod Zimerman wrote:

> The problem is very simple, and I doubt even requires a demonstration.
> In a @Tab, I want to be able to center table elements vertically such as
> this:
> 
>              Column A     Column B
> 
>              First entry
>              in column A  This one is
>              spans        somewhat
>              several      shorter.
>              lines.
> 
> Mainly, I need this because I need to use a symbol, such as '@Sym radical',
> and it has to be placed in the middle of the line or things simply look bad.

In mydefs.lt 

    macro @VCenter { 0.5w @VShift }

Then in your @Tab:

    @Fmta {
      @Col { @VCenter A } ! @Col { @VCenter B } # etc
    }

Basicly, this moves the horizontal mark of a cell to the middle.  Then
lout aligns cells' horizontal marks.

Hope it helps.

SY, Uwe
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