On 1/7/20 7:43 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 16:30:05 -0500 > Gregory Pittman <[email protected]> dijo: > >> On 1/7/20 3:16 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> >>> Maybe someone who is Latex-literate could create several dozen tables >>> with code as needed to create the table in a render frame, along >>> with a graphical view of what the render frame will loo like. Click >>> on the graphical view and the code is automatically pasted into the >>> render frame. I imagine that this would be scriptable. All the user >>> would need to do is add or subtract for more or fewer rows and >>> columns. Even a dummy like me might be able create tables in a >>> render frame if the majority of the code is already done and all I >>> have to is ad/subtract. I know a lot of local TeX/LatexL/Lyx gurus >>> who I might be able to inveigle into helping. I wouldn't mind >>> helping to coordinate such a project. >> >> Here is a very basic structure for a table you might plug into a >> Render frame (Context menu: Edit Source) ... >> The {|p{6cm}|p{5cm}|} sets up the columns, in this case the vertical >> lines indicate there will be vertical borders. p{6cm} means that the >> first column will be 6cm wide. the \hline makes a horizontal line -- >> for some reason you need 2 of them at the beginning to make the top >> border. \\ is for the end of a row. >> Change the cols argument to {p{6cm}p{5cm}} and eliminate the \hline's >> and you will have a table without borders. > > Thanks! > > Now if I can find a tutorial on other options for the syntax. Like line > thickness and color, font styles, and lots more. I'll look around the > net - surely I can find something.
One thing I would warn you about is that the font rendering, when you look at the final PDF generated by Scribus, is distinctly inferior in Render frames. In particular, comparing a PDF generated from LaTeX outside of Scribus to using a render frame, it looks pretty shabby to me. Greg ___ Scribus Mailing List: [email protected] Edit your options or unsubscribe: http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus See also: http://wiki.scribus.net http://forums.scribus.net
