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A Typst package for row-wise table editing

The idea is a row-oriented way to input tables, with just a little less syntactical overhead than the usual table function in Typst.

The rowtable function takes a markup block [...] per row, and the markup is split internally on a delimiter which is & by default. In all other aspects it works like the usual table function, with stroke, fill, hline and so on.

For example, the following

#rowtable(
  [A & B],
  [C & D & E])

is equivalent to this table:

#table(columns: 3,
  [A], [B], [],
  [C], [D], [E])

For improved table ergonomics, the longest row determines the number of columns, and all rows are effectively completed so that they are of full length. This creates a better editing experience, as rows and columns can be filled out gradually.

Getting Started

rowtable example, basic 

#import "@preview/rowmantic:0.3.0": rowtable

#rowtable(
  stroke: 0.5pt,
  [Input      & tables  & row-    & wise      ],
  [Otherwise  & same as & regular & `#table`  ],
)

rowtable example, glossing table 

#import "@preview/rowmantic:0.3.0": rowtable, expandcell

#{
  set table.hline(stroke: 0.08em)
  show regex("\d"): super.with(size: 0.8em, typographic: false)
  show table.cell: it => { set text(size: 0.9em) if it.y >= 1; it }
  show table.cell.where(y: 0): emph
  rowtable(
    separator: ",",   // configurable separator
    stroke: 0pt,      // pass through table arguments, hlines, cells et.c.
    inset: (x: 0em),
    column-gutter: 0.9em,
    // rows are filled to be equal length after collecting cells
    [goá,   iáu-boē,    koat-tēng,    tang-sî,    boeh,   tńg-khì   ],
    [goa1,  iau1-boe3,  koat2-teng3,  tang7-si5,  boeh2,  tng1-khi3 ],
    [goa2,  iau2-boe7,  koat4-teng7,  tang1-si5,  boeh4,  tng2-khi3 ],
    [I,     not-yet,    decide,       when,       want,   return.   ],
    table.hline(),
    // cell that fills remainder of row
    expandcell["I have not yet decided when I shall return."],
  )
}

This example taken from Wikipedia

Function Documentation and Manual

Please see the manual for more explanations, examples and function documentation.

License

The package is distributed under the terms of the European Union Public License v1.2 or any later version, which is an OSI-approved weakly copyleft license. The License is distributed with the package.