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diff --git a/chunked/ch23.html b/chunked/ch23.html deleted file mode 100644 index 4eb8962..0000000 --- a/chunked/ch23.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,381 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Chapter 23. Tables</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="AsciiDoc User Guide" /><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="AsciiDoc User Guide" /><link rel="prev" href="ch22.html" title="Chapter 22. HTML 5 audio and video block macros" /><link rel="next" href="ch24.html" title="Chapter 24. Manpage Documents" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch22.html"><img src="images/icons/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch24.html"><img src="images/icons/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="_tables"></a>Chapter 23. Tables</h1></div></div></div><p>The AsciiDoc table syntax looks and behaves like other delimited block -types and supports standard <a class="link" href="ch32.html" title="Chapter 32. Block Element Definitions">block configuration entries</a>. -Formatting is easy to read and, just as importantly, easy to enter.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> -Cells and columns can be formatted using built-in customizable styles. -</li><li class="listitem"> -Horizontal and vertical cell alignment can be set on columns and - cell. -</li><li class="listitem"> -Horizontal and vertical cell spanning is supported. -</li></ul></div><div class="sidebar"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><p class="title"><strong>Use tables sparingly</strong></p></div></div></div><p>When technical users first start creating documents, tables (complete -with column spanning and table nesting) are often considered very -important. The reality is that tables are seldom used, even in -technical documentation.</p><p>Try this exercise: thumb through your library of technical books, -you’ll be surprised just how seldom tables are actually used, even -less seldom are tables containing block elements (such as paragraphs -or lists) or spanned cells. This is no accident, like figures, tables -are outside the normal document flow — tables are for consulting not -for reading.</p><p>Tables are designed for, and should normally only be used for, -displaying column oriented tabular data.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_example_tables"></a>23.1. Example tables</h2></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="idm2730"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table 23.1. Simple table</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Simple table" cellpadding="4px" style="border-collapse: collapse;border-top: 3px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 3px solid #527bbd; border-left: 3px solid #527bbd; border-right: 3px solid #527bbd; " width="15%"><colgroup><col class="col_1" /><col class="col_2" /><col class="col_3" /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>1</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>2</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>A</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>3</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>4</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>B</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>5</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>6</p></td><td style="" align="left" valign="top"><p>C</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p><strong>AsciiDoc source. </strong> -</p><pre class="screen">[width="15%"] -|======= -|1 |2 |A -|3 |4 |B -|5 |6 |C -|=======</pre><p> -</p><div class="table"><a id="idm2762"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table 23.2. Columns formatted with strong, monospaced and emphasis styles</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Columns formatted with strong, monospaced and emphasis styles" cellpadding="4px" style="border-collapse: collapse;border-top: 3px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 3px solid #527bbd; " width="50%"><colgroup><col class="col_1" /><col class="col_2" /><col class="col_3" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="right" valign="top"> </th><th style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " colspan="2" align="center" valign="top">Columns 2 and 3</th></tr></thead><tfoot><tr><th style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="right" valign="top"><p><span class="strong"><strong>footer 1</strong></span></p></th><th style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p><code class="literal">footer 2</code></p></th><th style="" align="left" valign="top"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>footer 3</em></span></p></th></tr></tfoot><tbody><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="right" valign="top"><p><span class="strong"><strong>1</strong></span></p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p><code class="literal">Item 1</code></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Item 1</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="right" valign="top"><p><span class="strong"><strong>2</strong></span></p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p><code class="literal">Item 2</code></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Item 2</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="right" valign="top"><p><span class="strong"><strong>3</strong></span></p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p><code class="literal">Item 3</code></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Item 3</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="right" valign="top"><p><span class="strong"><strong>4</strong></span></p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p><code class="literal">Item 4</code></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Item 4</em></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p><strong>AsciiDoc source. </strong> -</p><pre class="screen">.An example table -[width="50%",cols=">s,^m,e",frame="topbot",options="header,footer"] -|========================== -| 2+|Columns 2 and 3 -|1 |Item 1 |Item 1 -|2 |Item 2 |Item 2 -|3 |Item 3 |Item 3 -|4 |Item 4 |Item 4 -|footer 1|footer 2|footer 3 -|==========================</pre><p> -</p><div class="table"><a id="idm2828"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table 23.3. Horizontal and vertical source data</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Horizontal and vertical source data" cellpadding="4px" style="border-collapse: collapse;border-top: 3px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 3px solid #527bbd; border-left: 3px solid #527bbd; border-right: 3px solid #527bbd; " width="80%"><colgroup><col class="col_1" /><col class="col_2" /><col class="col_3" /><col class="col_4" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top">Date </th><th style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top">Duration </th><th style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top">Avg HR </th><th style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top">Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>22-Aug-08</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>10:24</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>157</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Worked out MSHR (max sustainable heart rate) by going hard -for this interval.</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>22-Aug-08</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>23:03</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>152</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Back-to-back with previous interval.</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>24-Aug-08</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>40:00</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>145</p></td><td style="" align="left" valign="top"><p>Moderately hard interspersed with 3x 3min intervals (2min -hard + 1min really hard taking the HR up to 160).</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>Short cells can be entered horizontally, longer cells vertically. The -default behavior is to strip leading and trailing blank lines within a -cell. These characteristics aid readability and data entry.</p><p><strong>AsciiDoc source. </strong> -</p><pre class="screen">.Windtrainer workouts -[width="80%",cols="3,^2,^2,10",options="header"] -|========================================================= -|Date |Duration |Avg HR |Notes - -|22-Aug-08 |10:24 | 157 | -Worked out MSHR (max sustainable heart rate) by going hard -for this interval. - -|22-Aug-08 |23:03 | 152 | -Back-to-back with previous interval. - -|24-Aug-08 |40:00 | 145 | -Moderately hard interspersed with 3x 3min intervals (2min -hard + 1min really hard taking the HR up to 160). - -|=========================================================</pre><p> -</p><div class="table"><a id="idm2874"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table 23.4. A table with externally sourced CSV data</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="A table with externally sourced CSV data" cellpadding="4px" style="border-collapse: collapse;border-top: 3px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 3px solid #527bbd; border-left: 3px solid #527bbd; border-right: 3px solid #527bbd; "><colgroup><col class="col_1" /><col class="col_2" /><col class="col_3" /><col class="col_4" /><col class="col_5" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top">ID</th><th style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top">Customer Name</th><th style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top">Contact Name</th><th style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top">Customer Address</th><th style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top">Phone</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>AROUT</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Around the Horn</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Thomas Hardy</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>120 Hanover Sq. -London</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>(171) 555-7788</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>BERGS</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Berglunds snabbkop</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Christina Berglund</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Berguvsvagen 8 -Lulea</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>0921-12 34 65</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>BLAUS</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Blauer See Delikatessen</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Hanna Moos</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Forsterstr. 57 -Mannheim</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>0621-08460</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>BLONP</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Blondel pere et fils</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Frederique Citeaux</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>24, place Kleber -Strasbourg</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>88.60.15.31</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>BOLID</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Bolido Comidas preparadas</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Martin Sommer</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>C/ Araquil, 67 -Madrid</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>(91) 555 22 82</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>BONAP</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Bon app'</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Laurence Lebihan</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>12, rue des Bouchers -Marseille</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>91.24.45.40</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>BOTTM</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Bottom-Dollar Markets</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Elizabeth Lincoln</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>23 Tsawassen Blvd. -Tsawassen</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>(604) 555-4729</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>BSBEV</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>B’s Beverages</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Victoria Ashworth</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Fauntleroy Circus -London</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>(171) 555-1212</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>CACTU</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Cactus Comidas para llevar</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Patricio Simpson</p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p>Cerrito 333 -Buenos Aires</p></td><td style="" align="left" valign="top"><p>(1) 135-5555</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p><strong>AsciiDoc source. </strong> -</p><pre class="screen">[format="csv",cols="^1,4*2",options="header"] -|=================================================== -ID,Customer Name,Contact Name,Customer Address,Phone -include::customers.csv[] -|===================================================</pre><p> -</p><div class="table"><a id="idm2993"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table 23.5. Cell spans, alignments and styles</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Cell spans, alignments and styles" cellpadding="4px" style="border-collapse: collapse;border-top: 3px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 3px solid #527bbd; border-left: 3px solid #527bbd; border-right: 3px solid #527bbd; " width="25%"><colgroup><col class="col_1" /><col class="col_2" /><col class="col_3" /><col class="col_4" /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>1</em></span></p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="right" valign="top"><p><span class="strong"><strong>2</strong></span></p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p>3</p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="right" valign="top"><p><span class="strong"><strong>4</strong></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>5</em></span></p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " rowspan="2" colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"><p><code class="literal">6</code></p></td><td style="" rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom"><p><code class="literal">7</code></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; border-bottom: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="center" valign="top"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>8</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " align="left" valign="top"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>9</em></span></p></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid #527bbd; " colspan="2" align="right" valign="top"><p><code class="literal">10</code></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p><strong>AsciiDoc source. </strong> -</p><pre class="screen">[cols="e,m,^,>s",width="25%"] -|============================ -|1 >s|2 |3 |4 -^|5 2.2+^.^|6 .3+<.>m|7 -^|8 -|9 2+>|10 -|============================</pre><p> -</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="X68"></a>23.2. Table input data formats</h2></div></div></div><p>AsciiDoc table data can be <span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>dsv</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>csv</em></span> formatted. The -default table format is <span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span>.</p><p>AsciiDoc <span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> (<span class="emphasis"><em>Prefix Separated Values</em></span>) and <span class="emphasis"><em>dsv</em></span> (<span class="emphasis"><em>Delimiter -Separated Values</em></span>) formats are cell oriented — the table is treated -as a sequence of cells — there are no explicit row separators.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> -<span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> prefixes each cell with a separator whereas <span class="emphasis"><em>dsv</em></span> delimits - cells with a separator. -</li><li class="listitem"> -<span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>dsv</em></span> separators are Python regular expressions. -</li><li class="listitem"> -The default <span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> separator contains <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X84" title="23.5. Cell Specifiers">cell specifier</a> related - named regular expression groups. -</li><li class="listitem"> -The default <span class="emphasis"><em>dsv</em></span> separator is <code class="literal">:|\n</code> (a colon or a new line - character). -</li><li class="listitem"> -<span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>dsv</em></span> cell separators can be escaped by preceding them - with a backslash character. -</li></ul></div><p>Here are four <span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> cells (the second item spans two columns; the -last contains an escaped separator):</p><pre class="literallayout">|One 2+|Two and three |A \| separator character</pre><p><span class="emphasis"><em>csv</em></span> is the quasi-standard row oriented <span class="emphasis"><em>Comma Separated Values -(CSV)</em></span> format commonly used to import and export spreadsheet and -database data.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="X69"></a>23.3. Table attributes</h2></div></div></div><p>Tables can be customized by the following attributes:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"> -format -</span></dt><dd> -<span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> (default), <span class="emphasis"><em>dsv</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>csv</em></span> (See <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X68" title="23.2. Table input data formats">Table Data Formats</a>). -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -separator -</span></dt><dd> -The cell separator. A Python regular expression (<span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>dsv</em></span> -formats) or a single character (<span class="emphasis"><em>csv</em></span> format). -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -frame -</span></dt><dd> -Defines the table border and can take the following values: <span class="emphasis"><em>topbot</em></span> -(top and bottom), <span class="emphasis"><em>all</em></span> (all sides), <span class="emphasis"><em>none</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>sides</em></span> (left and -right sides). The default value is <span class="emphasis"><em>all</em></span>. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -grid -</span></dt><dd> -Defines which ruler lines are drawn between table rows and columns. -The <span class="emphasis"><em>grid</em></span> attribute value can be any of the following values: <span class="emphasis"><em>none</em></span>, -<span class="emphasis"><em>cols</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>rows</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>all</em></span>. The default value is <span class="emphasis"><em>all</em></span>. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -align -</span></dt><dd> -Use the <span class="emphasis"><em>align</em></span> attribute to horizontally align the table on the -page (works with HTML outputs only, has no effect on DocBook outputs). -The following values are valid: <span class="emphasis"><em>left</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>right</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>center</em></span>. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -float -</span></dt><dd> -Use the <span class="emphasis"><em>float</em></span> attribute to float the table <span class="emphasis"><em>left</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>right</em></span> on the -page (works with HTML outputs only, has no effect on DocBook outputs). -Floating only makes sense in conjunction with a table <span class="emphasis"><em>width</em></span> -attribute value of less than 100% (otherwise the table will take up -all the available space). <span class="emphasis"><em>float</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>align</em></span> attributes are mutually -exclusive. Use the <code class="literal">unfloat::[]</code> block macro to stop floating. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -halign -</span></dt><dd> -Use the <span class="emphasis"><em>halign</em></span> attribute to horizontally align all cells in a table. -The following values are valid: <span class="emphasis"><em>left</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>right</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>center</em></span> -(defaults to <span class="emphasis"><em>left</em></span>). Overridden by <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X70" title="23.4. Column Specifiers">Column specifiers</a> and -<a class="link" href="ch23.html#X84" title="23.5. Cell Specifiers">Cell specifiers</a>. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -valign -</span></dt><dd> -Use the <span class="emphasis"><em>valign</em></span> attribute to vertically align all cells in a table. -The following values are valid: <span class="emphasis"><em>top</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>bottom</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>middle</em></span> -(defaults to <span class="emphasis"><em>top</em></span>). Overridden by <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X70" title="23.4. Column Specifiers">Column specifiers</a> and -<a class="link" href="ch23.html#X84" title="23.5. Cell Specifiers">Cell specifiers</a>. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -options -</span></dt><dd> -The <span class="emphasis"><em>options</em></span> attribute can contain comma separated values, for -example: <span class="emphasis"><em>header</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>footer</em></span>. By default header and footer rows are -omitted. See <a class="link" href="apf.html" title="Appendix F. Attribute Options">attribute options</a> for a complete list of -available table options. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -cols -</span></dt><dd><p class="simpara"> -The <span class="emphasis"><em>cols</em></span> attribute is a comma separated list of <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X70" title="23.4. Column Specifiers">column specifiers</a>. For example <code class="literal">cols="2<p,2*,4p,>"</code>. -</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> -If <span class="emphasis"><em>cols</em></span> is present it must specify all columns. -</li><li class="listitem"> -If the <span class="emphasis"><em>cols</em></span> attribute is not specified the number of columns is - calculated as the number of data items in the <span class="strong"><strong>first line</strong></span> of the - table. -</li><li class="listitem"> -The degenerate form for the <span class="emphasis"><em>cols</em></span> attribute is an integer - specifying the number of columns e.g. <code class="literal">cols=4</code>. -</li></ul></div></dd><dt><span class="term"> -width -</span></dt><dd> -The <span class="emphasis"><em>width</em></span> attribute is expressed as a percentage value -(<span class="emphasis"><em>"1%"</em></span>…<span class="emphasis"><em>"99%"</em></span>). The width specifies the table width relative to -the available width. HTML backends use this value to set the table -width attribute. It’s a bit more complicated with DocBook, see the -<a class="link" href="ch23.html#X89" title="DocBook table widths">DocBook table widths</a> sidebar. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -filter -</span></dt><dd> -The <span class="emphasis"><em>filter</em></span> attribute defines an external shell command that is -invoked for each cell. The built-in <span class="emphasis"><em>asciidoc</em></span> table style is -implemented using a filter. -</dd></dl></div><div class="sidebar"><a id="X89"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><div><p class="title"><strong>DocBook table widths</strong></p></div></div></div><p>The AsciiDoc docbook backend generates CALS tables. CALS tables do not -support a table width attribute — table width can only be controlled -by specifying absolute column widths.</p><p>Specifying absolute column widths is not media independent because -different presentation media have different physical dimensions. To -get round this limitation both -<a class="ulink" href="http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Tables.html#TableWidth" target="_top">DocBook XSL -Stylesheets</a> and -<a class="ulink" href="http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/doc/manual/ch03s05.html#sec-table-width" target="_top">dblatex</a> -have implemented table width processing instructions for setting the -table width as a percentage of the available width. AsciiDoc emits -these processing instructions if the <span class="emphasis"><em>width</em></span> attribute is set along -with proportional column widths (the AsciiDoc docbook backend -<span class="emphasis"><em>pageunits</em></span> attribute defaults to <span class="emphasis"><em>*</em></span>).</p><p>To generate DocBook tables with absolute column widths set the -<span class="emphasis"><em>pageunits</em></span> attribute to a CALS absolute unit such as <span class="emphasis"><em>pt</em></span> and set the -<span class="emphasis"><em>pagewidth</em></span> attribute to match the width of the presentation media.</p></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="X70"></a>23.4. Column Specifiers</h2></div></div></div><p>Column specifiers define how columns are rendered and appear in the -table <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X69" title="23.3. Table attributes">cols attribute</a>. A column specifier consists of an -optional column multiplier followed by optional alignment, width and -style values and is formatted like:</p><pre class="literallayout">[<multiplier>*][<align>][<width>][<style>]</pre><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> -All components are optional. The multiplier must be first and the - style last. The order of <code class="literal"><align></code> or <code class="literal"><width></code> is not important. -</li><li class="listitem"> -Column <code class="literal"><width></code> can be either an integer proportional value (1…) - or a percentage (1%…100%). The default value is 1. To ensure - portability across different backends, there is no provision for - absolute column widths (not to be confused with output column width - <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X72" title="23.7. Markup attributes">markup attributes</a> which are available in both percentage and - absolute units). -</li><li class="listitem"><p class="simpara"> -The <span class="emphasis"><em><align></em></span> column alignment specifier is formatted like: -</p><pre class="literallayout">[<horizontal>][.<vertical>]</pre><p class="simpara">Where <code class="literal"><horizontal></code> and <code class="literal"><vertical></code> are one of the following -characters: <code class="literal"><</code>, <code class="literal">^</code> or <code class="literal">></code> which represent <span class="emphasis"><em>left</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>center</em></span> and -<span class="emphasis"><em>right</em></span> horizontal alignment or <span class="emphasis"><em>top</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>middle</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>bottom</em></span> vertical -alignment respectively.</p></li><li class="listitem"> -A <code class="literal"><multiplier></code> can be used to specify repeated columns e.g. - <code class="literal">cols="4*<"</code> specifies four left-justified columns. The default - multiplier value is 1. -</li><li class="listitem"> -The <code class="literal"><style></code> name specifies a <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X71" title="23.6. Table styles">table style</a> to used to markup - column cells (you can use the full style names if you wish but the - first letter is normally sufficient). -</li><li class="listitem"> -Column specific styles are not applied to header rows. -</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="X84"></a>23.5. Cell Specifiers</h2></div></div></div><p>Cell specifiers allow individual cells in <span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> formatted tables to be -spanned, multiplied, aligned and styled. Cell specifiers prefix <span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> -<code class="literal">|</code> delimiters and are formatted like:</p><pre class="literallayout">[<span>*|+][<align>][<style>]</pre><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p class="simpara"> -<span class="emphasis"><em><span></em></span> specifies horizontal and vertical cell spans (<span class="emphasis"><em>+</em></span> operator) or - the number of times the cell is replicated (<span class="emphasis"><em>*</em></span> operator). <span class="emphasis"><em><span></em></span> - is formatted like: -</p><pre class="literallayout">[<colspan>][.<rowspan>]</pre><p class="simpara">Where <code class="literal"><colspan></code> and <code class="literal"><rowspan></code> are integers specifying the number of -columns and rows to span.</p></li><li class="listitem"> -<code class="literal"><align></code> specifies horizontal and vertical cell alignment an is the - same as in <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X70" title="23.4. Column Specifiers">column specifiers</a>. -</li><li class="listitem"> -A <code class="literal"><style></code> value is the first letter of <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X71" title="23.6. Table styles">table style</a> name. -</li></ul></div><p>For example, the following <span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> formatted cell will span two columns -and the text will be centered and emphasized:</p><pre class="literallayout">`2+^e| Cell text`</pre></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="X71"></a>23.6. Table styles</h2></div></div></div><p>Table styles can be applied to the entire table (by setting the -<span class="emphasis"><em>style</em></span> attribute in the table’s attribute list) or on a per column -basis (by specifying the style in the table’s <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X69" title="23.3. Table attributes">cols attribute</a>). -Table data can be formatted using the following predefined styles:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"> -default -</span></dt><dd> -The default style: AsciiDoc inline text formatting; blank lines are -treated as paragraph breaks. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -emphasis -</span></dt><dd> -Like default but all text is emphasised. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -monospaced -</span></dt><dd> -Like default but all text is in a monospaced font. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -strong -</span></dt><dd> -Like default but all text is bold. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -header -</span></dt><dd> -Apply the same style as the table header. Normally used to create a -vertical header in the first column. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -asciidoc -</span></dt><dd> -With this style table cells can contain any of the AsciiDoc elements -that are allowed inside document sections. This style runs asciidoc(1) -as a filter to process cell contents. See also <a class="link" href="ch23.html#X83" title="23.9. DocBook table limitations">Docbook table limitations</a>. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -literal -</span></dt><dd> -No text formatting; monospaced font; all line breaks are retained -(the same as the AsciiDoc <a class="link" href="ch16.html#X65" title="16.3. Literal Blocks">LiteralBlock</a> element). -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -verse -</span></dt><dd> -All line breaks are retained (just like the AsciiDoc <a class="link" href="ch15.html#X94" title="15.3. quote and verse paragraph styles">verse paragraph style</a>). -</dd></dl></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="X72"></a>23.7. Markup attributes</h2></div></div></div><p>AsciiDoc makes a number of attributes available to table markup -templates and tags. Column specific attributes are available when -substituting the <span class="emphasis"><em>colspec</em></span> cell data tags.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"> -pageunits -</span></dt><dd> -DocBook backend only. Specifies table column absolute width units. -Defaults to <span class="emphasis"><em>*</em></span>. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -pagewidth -</span></dt><dd> -DocBook backend only. The nominal output page width in <span class="emphasis"><em>pageunit</em></span> -units. Used to calculate CALS tables absolute column and table -widths. Defaults to <span class="emphasis"><em>425</em></span>. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -tableabswidth -</span></dt><dd> -Integer value calculated from <span class="emphasis"><em>width</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>pagewidth</em></span> attributes. -In <span class="emphasis"><em>pageunit</em></span> units. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -tablepcwidth -</span></dt><dd> -Table width expressed as a percentage of the available width. Integer -value (0..100). -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -colabswidth -</span></dt><dd> -Integer value calculated from <span class="emphasis"><em>cols</em></span> column width, <span class="emphasis"><em>width</em></span> and -<span class="emphasis"><em>pagewidth</em></span> attributes. In <span class="emphasis"><em>pageunit</em></span> units. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -colpcwidth -</span></dt><dd> -Column width expressed as a percentage of the table width. Integer -value (0..100). -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -colcount -</span></dt><dd> -Total number of table columns. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -rowcount -</span></dt><dd> -Total number of table rows. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -halign -</span></dt><dd> -Horizontal cell content alignment: <span class="emphasis"><em>left</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>right</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>center</em></span>. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -valign -</span></dt><dd> -Vertical cell content alignment: <span class="emphasis"><em>top</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>bottom</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>middle</em></span>. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -colnumber, colstart -</span></dt><dd> -The number of the leftmost column occupied by the cell (1…). -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -colend -</span></dt><dd> -The number of the rightmost column occupied by the cell (1…). -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -colspan -</span></dt><dd> -Number of columns the cell should span. -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -rowspan -</span></dt><dd> -Number of rows the cell should span (1…). -</dd><dt><span class="term"> -morerows -</span></dt><dd> -Number of additional rows the cell should span (0…). -</dd></dl></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_nested_tables"></a>23.8. Nested tables</h2></div></div></div><p>An alternative <span class="emphasis"><em>psv</em></span> separator character <span class="emphasis"><em>!</em></span> can be used (instead of -<span class="emphasis"><em>|</em></span>) in nested tables. This allows a single level of table nesting. -Columns containing nested tables must use the <span class="emphasis"><em>asciidoc</em></span> style. An -example can be found in <code class="literal">./examples/website/newtables.txt</code>.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="X83"></a>23.9. DocBook table limitations</h2></div></div></div><p>Fully implementing tables is not trivial, some DocBook toolchains do -better than others. AsciiDoc HTML table outputs are rendered -correctly in all the popular browsers — if your DocBook generated -tables don’t look right compare them with the output generated by the -AsciiDoc <span class="emphasis"><em>xhtml11</em></span> backend or try a different DocBook toolchain. Here -is a list of things to be aware of:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p class="simpara"> -Although nested tables are not legal in DocBook 4 the FOP and - dblatex toolchains will process them correctly. If you use <code class="literal">a2x(1)</code> - you will need to include the <code class="literal">--no-xmllint</code> option to suppress - DocBook validation errors. -</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0; margin-right: 10%;"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="images/icons/note.png" /></td><th align="left"></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>In theory you can nest DocBook 4 tables one level using the -<span class="emphasis"><em>entrytbl</em></span> element, but not all toolchains process <span class="emphasis"><em>entrytbl</em></span>.</p></td></tr></table></div></li><li class="listitem"> -DocBook only allows a subset of block elements inside table cells so - not all AsciiDoc elements produce valid DocBook inside table cells. - If you get validation errors running <code class="literal">a2x(1)</code> try the <code class="literal">--no-xmllint</code> - option, toolchains will often process nested block elements such as - sidebar blocks and floating titles correctly even though, strictly - speaking, they are not legal. -</li><li class="listitem"> -Text formatting in cells using the <span class="emphasis"><em>monospaced</em></span> table style will - raise validation errors because the DocBook <span class="emphasis"><em>literal</em></span> element was - not designed to support formatted text (using the <span class="emphasis"><em>literal</em></span> element - is a kludge on the part of AsciiDoc as there is no easy way to set - the font style in DocBook. -</li><li class="listitem"> -Cell alignments are ignored for <span class="emphasis"><em>verse</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>literal</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>asciidoc</em></span> - table styles. -</li></ul></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch22.html"><img src="images/icons/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch24.html"><img src="images/icons/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html"><img src="images/icons/home.png" alt="Home" /></a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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