#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# Script to rewrite colspecs from relative values to absolute values
#
# arjen 2002-03-14 append "cm" specifier to colwidth field.
use strict;
my $table_width = 12.75; # Specify the max width of the table in cm
my $gutter_width = 0.55; # Specify the width of the gutters in cm
my $str = join '', <>; # Push stdin (or file)
$str =~ s{([\t ]*(\s*)+)}
{&rel2abs($1)}ges;
print STDOUT $str;
exit;
#
# Definitions for helper sub-routines
#
sub msg {
print STDERR shift, "\n";
}
sub rel2abs {
my $str = shift;
my $colnum = 1;
my @widths = ();
my $total = 0;
my $output = '';
my $gutters;
my $content_width;
my $total_width;
my @num_cache;
$str =~ /^(\s+)/;
my $ws = $1;
while ($str =~ m//g) {
$total += $1;
push @widths, $1;
}
msg("!!! WARNING: Total Percent > 100%: $total%") if $total > 100;
if (! $total) {
die 'Something bad has happened - the script believes that there are no columns';
}
$gutters = $#widths * $gutter_width;
$content_width = $table_width - $gutters;
# Don't forget that $#... is the last offset not the count
foreach (@widths) {
my $temp = sprintf ("%0.2f", $_/100 * $content_width);
$total_width += $temp;
if ($total_width > $content_width) {
$temp -= $total_width - $content_width;
msg("!!! WARNING: Column width reduced from " .
($temp + ($total_width - $content_width)) . " to $temp !!!");
$total_width -= $total_width - $content_width;
}
$output .= $ws . '' . "\n";
++$colnum;
push @num_cache, $temp;
}
return $output . "\n$ws";
}