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rahim123

Jan 07, 2021; 6:49pm

Help with tables (predefined styles and text wrapping)

Thanks for the help!

mojavelinux

Jan 07, 2021; 9:56pm

Re: Help with tables (predefined styles and text wrapping)

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No, there's no other way to specify column specs. That's how the language is. If we consider any change / improvement, it would be done through the AsciiDoc language project, which is getting underway.

You can find the docs for the column specs here: https://docs.asciidoctor.org/asciidoc/latest/tables/add-columns/#cols-format

> I'm also having trouble with a table header where I need to write a word in brackets like [This]

This happens because the version of prawn-table you are using is out of date. This is described in the README. See https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-pdf#use-dev-versions

Best Regards,

-Dan

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 11:49 AM rahim123 [via Asciidoctor :: Discussion] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi there, I'm really enjoying asciidoc(tor), as it allows me to focus more on writing instead of messing around with styles.

The markup is generally intuitive, but for me the table formatting options feel very arcane. Is there any way I can define some sort of a named attribute or style to reference the table formatting options I usually choose? For example:
[%header%.^, cols="7*^.^"]

I'm also having trouble with a table header where I need to write a word in brackets like [This] . Asciidoctor is wrapping the closing bracket onto a new line. Here's the structure of the table:

.zzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzz
====
[%header%.^, cols="7*^.^"]
|===
|[zzzzzzzzzz]| zíz | zzzz | zz éz/zzzzz|zz zzzzzzzz|zz zzz.|zz éz/zzzzz
|`zzzá` +
_(zzzzz)_|`zzzzz zzzáz`|`zzz zzzzíz`|`zz zzzzí`|`zz zzzzí`|`zzzzz zzzzí`|`zz zzzzí`
|`zzzz` +
_(zzz)_|`zzzzz zázzz`|`zzz zázzz`|`zz zzzé`|`zz zzzé`|`zzzzz zzzé`|`zz zzzé`
|`zzzáz` +
_(zzzzzzz)_|`zzzzz zzzzzzz`|`zzz zzzzzzzz`|`zz zzzzzzí`|`zz zzzzzzí`|`zzzzz zzzzzzí`|`zz zzzzzzí`
|===

Thanks for the help!

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rahim123

Jan 08, 2021; 12:49am

Re: Help with tables (predefined styles and text wrapping)

Thanks a lot Dan! Take care.