[OS X TeX] suppress vertical line in table

[Nathan Sanders]

Oh, sorry, I may not have been clear.  I'm not rejecting booktabs  
entirely, just for the specific purpose of making OT tableaux.

For ordinary data tables, I never need horizontal rules (usually, I  
just have lists of words and their meanings), but if I did, I would  
use booktabs.

Nathan


On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:53 PM, George Gratzer wrote:

> Why not use both?
>
> GG
>
> On Jan 28, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Nathan Sanders wrote:
>
>> On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:23 PM, George Gratzer wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Nathan Sanders wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> So, yes, in most ordinary data tables, vertical lines won't be  
>>>>> needed and shouldn't be used, but an independent need for  
>>>>> vertical lines in tables still exists, and it's a shame that  
>>>>> they are not easier to deal with in TeX.  (I had to write my own  
>>>>> package for doing Optimal Theory tableaux, because the tabular  
>>>>> environment is just so abysmally insufficient for a variety of  
>>>>> reasons.)
>>>>
>>> Did you try the package my book recommends: booktabs?
>>
>> The booktabs documentation contains an explicit statement that let  
>> me know immediately that it wouldn't be suitable for doing  
>> Optimality Theory tableaux: "More importantly the rules generated  
>> by the new commands are in no way guaranteed to connect with  
>> verticals generated by {|} characters in the preamble. This is a  
>> feature (see above). You should not use vertical rules in tables,  
>> end of story."
>>
>> OT tableaux have vertical rules, "end of story".  It is the  
>> standard format for every journal, conference proceedings, and book  
>> publisher.  It is incorrect to leave them out and unacceptable for  
>> them not to properly connect with horizontal rules.
>>
>> For examples of OT tableaux, see the documentation of my OTtablx  
>> package:
>>
>> 	<http://wso.williams.edu/~nsanders/OTtablx/OTtablx-doc.pdf>
>>
>> Nathan
>>
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>> Linguistics Program
>> Williams College
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