On Wednesday 23 May 2001 10:12, Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote:
> >Is there any sort of Latex command that will automatically sort a table
>> alphabetically by, say, the first column, leaving the header at the top?
>> Barring this, is there any way to sort the table automatically or do I have
>> to make sure I'm entering the data in alphabetical order?
> If you have the data from some other application which allows
> formatted printing, conditional predicates and sorting functions, this
> kind of problem is readily solved by printing in a file the
> latex or lyx code and the data as you want it
> and inputting it in the document. It may be worth to write
> a short piece of code in your favourite tool to do it.
Definitely something to add to the 2.0 wishlist! If LyX is going to be a
working tool for the average user, rather than just a convenient LaTeX
front-end for 'nix hackers, little features like sortable lists will make a
lot of difference. I'm not advocating feature-bloat (if I want that, I can
download Star Office!) just a few bits and bobs to make life easier.
(BTW, my dirty solution to the ordered table thing is to use a Gnumeric
spreadsheet then import it as EPS.)
Robin
