From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2008-06-30T20:06:49+09:00
Subject: Re: creating tables with internal borders with RedCloth

On Monday 30 June 2008, Michael Morin wrote:
> Stefano Crocco wrote:
> > I'm having a problem using RedCloth. I know this question is more suited
> > for a RedCloth mailing list, but the only one I found (the one on the
> > RedCloth page on rubyforge) is for people who wants to contribute to it,
> > not for those asking for help. If someone knows of another mailing list,
> > please let me know.
> >
> > My problem is quite simple: I want to use RedCloth and Textile to create
> > a table with borders around the it and between all cells, as the one
> > produced by specifying the rules="all" attribute to the html table tag:
> >
> > <table rules="all" style="border:1px solid black">
> > ...
> > </table>
> >
> > I can't find out how to obtain this. The standard Textile syntax for
> > tables produce a borderless table, while specifying the border style for
> > the whole table, as shown in the Textile reference
> > (http://hobix.com/textile/) only puts the border around the whole table.
> >
> > I know I can insert the table using html, but before doing so, I'd like
> > to be sure there isn't a better alternative.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Stefano
>
> You want a border around every cell?  If so, try something like this.
>
> table(mytable).
>
> |10|20|30|40|
>
> Then your CSS could look something like this:
>
> table.mytable td {
>    border: 1px solid black;
> }

Thanks for your answer, but this is not what I need. It seems I wasn't very 
clear in explaining my problem. I need a table with a grid separating rows and 
columns, something like this:
 _ _ _
|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|

What you suggested puts a border around each cell, but a border which is 
separated from the border around the neighbour cells (re-reading my original 
post, I must admit that I seemed to be asking for this. I apologize for having 
been so confusing.)

Stefano