NAME

ltpretty - Use LaTeX::Table from within your text editor.

SYNOPSIS

  ltpretty < lazytable

DESCRIPTION

This program takes a lazy formatted LaTeX table from STDIN (typically piped from Vim or emacs) and outputs a completely formatted table.

LAZY FORMAT

The first line must contain the LaTeX::Table options (separated by semicolons ";") in the format "optionname=value". The second line must contain the header, the following lines the data. Columns are separated by "&". Trailing empty lines are ignored, other empty lines generate horizontal rules (as in LaTeX::Table).

EXAMPLE

   theme=Meyrin;label=test;position=htb
   Item:2c & Price
   Gnat& per gram& 13.65
   & each& 0.01

   Gnu& stuffed& 92.59
   Emu& stuffed& 33.33
   Armadillo& frozen& 8.99

VIM

1. Select the text in "VISUAL LINE" mode ("shift+v").
2. Type "!ltpretty"

EMACS

1. Select the text
2. Press "alt+|"
3. Now "Shell command on region" should appear. Type "ltpretty"

OUTPUT

   % theme=Meyrin;label=test;position=htb
   % Item:2c & Price
   % Gnat& per gram& 13.65
   % & each& 0.01
   % 
   % Gnu& stuffed& 92.59
   % Emu& stuffed& 33.33
   % Armadillo& frozen& 8.99
  
  \begin{table}[htb]
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{llr}
  \toprule
  \multicolumn{2}{c}{Item} & Price \\
  \midrule
  Gnat      & per gram & 13.65 \\
            & each     & 0.01  \\
  \midrule          
  Gnu       & stuffed  & 92.59 \\
  Emu       & stuffed  & 33.33 \\
  Armadillo & frozen   & 8.99  \\
  \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
  \label{test}
  \end{table}

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

"ltpretty" does not support configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

LaTeX::Table

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Our lazy format does not support multi-line headers. Just add the other header lines afterwards. More importantly, it currently does not support non-scalar LaTeX::Table options like for example "columns_like_header". A future version may add this functionality.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-latex-table@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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