From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [patch] LaTeX export using tabu tables
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 15:15:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130407151506.5e392e51@aga-netbook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87boa538mi.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net>
Dnia 2013-03-27, o godz. 09:59:49
Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> napisał(a):
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:
>
> > Dnia 2013-03-25, o godz. 13:35:08
> > Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> napisał(a):
> >
> >> Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > Thanks for your patch. I didn't know about "tabu" package, but it
> >> > looks interesting.
> >>
> >> It's definitely my new go-to table environment, though I'm
> >> struggling to ignore the fact that it's got the ugliest
> >> documentation of any LaTeX package I've ever seen.
> >
> > Slightly off-topic: I've looked (briefly) into tabu's documentation,
> > and I agree;). If you want your tables /beautiful/, however, I
> > strongly recommend checking out the booktabs package (its manual
> > contains also general aesthetical/typographical advice on tables!).
>
> Isn't it ghastly? Works great though. I'm definitely using booktabs
> and enjoying it. That's the nice thing about tabu, it does a good job
> of using extend existing table packages (longtable, colortab, etc)
> rather than rolling its own. I'm particularly pleased with the siunitx
> integration -- it means I can get rid of a table filter that added
> \num{NN} all over the place.
Well, that means that I'll have to look at tabu a bit closer (despite
the appalling look of the docs). Thanks for the pointer!
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-07 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-23 4:26 [patch] LaTeX export using tabu tables Eric Abrahamsen
2013-03-24 0:18 ` Vikas Rawal
2013-03-24 9:26 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-03-25 5:35 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-03-25 5:54 ` Bastien
2013-03-25 6:54 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-03-25 6:51 ` Bastien
2013-03-25 19:59 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-03-26 2:54 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-03-27 14:29 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-03-26 20:05 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-03-27 1:59 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-04-07 13:15 ` Marcin Borkowski [this message]
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