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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

      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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