Re: Table row colors

[Jeff Kingston]

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    Hi,
    
    How do I color a row in a table a color other than one 
    of the standard ones.
    
    for instance
    
    bpaint{0.7 0.7 0.7 setcolor}
    
    doesn't get me anywhere.  All I've managed to do, so 
    far, is generate invalid postscript or no color change.  
    I haven't managed to get any error messages from lout, 
    though.
    
    Thanks,
    Dave
    
    Dave
    

I've hunted through the definition of the tbl package and found
that only the standard (named) colours will work.

I agree that this is a ridiculous restriction, and I will do
something about it for the next release.  Meanwhile, you can
colour the entire table any colour you like using @SetColour,
and indeed you can use @SetColour to colour cells like this:

   aformat { ... | @Cell {r g b} @SetColour B | ... }

although I have a sinking feeling that that would colour the
cell's edges too, which you'd have to set right using the
rulecolour option.  I haven't tried any of this.

Jeff

ps Sorry, @SetColour requires something like

   {0.3 0.3 0.3 setrgbcolor} @SetColour ...

to work properly.  Yes, I should test all this before posting,
but time is short today.  See the Expert's Guide for info on
@SetColour.