[scribus] Tables in 1.5.6svn

[Gregory Pittman]

On 1/7/20 7:43 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 16:30:05 -0500
> Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> 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