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[Enrique Perez-Terron <address@hidden>]

On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 23:23, Enrique Perez-Terron wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> I am using TeXmacs-1.0.1.8, and am having trouble creating a table.
> I have found the "Tabular material" page in the manual, saying that I
> can create a new column to the right of the cursor position by pressing
> A-right.
> 
> On my system it appears that the Alt key is the Meta modifier.
> 
> In the "Getting started" page of the manual I read that I can use Escape
> twice as a prefix instead of the Alt key. But, when I press Escape the
> second time, it does not seem to have any effect. 
> 
> (By the way, the Getting started page also says "For instance,
> <key|escape w> is equivalent to <key|A-w>." I guess it should be
> "equivalent to M-w".)
> 
> I create the table using the menu Insert->Table->Big table, and the a
> blue outline appears around a full-width area with the cursor centered
> in a first row, and the text "Table 1" in boldface in a second row.
> The status line says "generic text roman 10" and "big-table start".
> 
> I want the upper left square of the table to contain a zero, so I press
> zero, and the status bar says "big-table 0".
> 
> Then I press Escape and the status bar says "Execute a TeXmacs command"
> and "M-" appears in the right hand corner. 
> 
> The second time I press Escape nothing seems to happen. The status bar
> still has "Execute a TeXmacs command" and "M-".
> 
> Then I press the right arrow key, and the status bar reverts to "generic
> text roman 10" and "big-table 0".
> 
> Is there any other way of creating tables?
> 
> Regards, 
> Enrique Perez-Terron

I found the solution myself. It turns out that using the menu
Insert->Table->Big table does not insert a table. It only inserts some
kind of framework for keeping a caption below the table that still has
to be created using one of the four table types below the divider in the
menu. 

I wish the manual had said something about that.

Regards, 
Enrique Pérez-Terrón