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

       Copyright (c) 2006-2010, "<limaone@cpan.org>".

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

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