X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/6bcc3339d911cd6c0095a3ed3eacf8560c458d01..de04fd539805cc38e747ea684ada03d65903e34f:/doc/plugins/table.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/table.mdwn b/doc/plugins/table.mdwn index 89bec987c..d16bcc726 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/table.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/table.mdwn @@ -1,55 +1,12 @@ -[[template id=plugin name=table author="[[VictorMoral]]"]] -[[tag type/format]] +[[!template id=plugin name=table author="[[VictorMoral]]"]] +[[!tag type/widget]] -This plugin can build HTML tables from data in CSV (comma-separated values) -or DSV (delimiter-separated values) format. +This plugin provides the [[ikiwiki/directive/table]] [[ikiwiki/directive]]. +It can build HTML tables from data in CSV (comma-separated values) +or DSV ([delimiter-separated values](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimiter-separated_values)) format. -It needs the perl module [[cpan Text::CSV]] for the CSV data. +It needs the perl module [[!cpan Text::CSV]] for the CSV data. -[[table data=""" -"foo",[[joey]],"bar" -"bar",[[joeyno]], foo" -"""]] - -[[table data=""" -foo|[[joey]]|bar -bar|[[joeyno]]|foo -"""]] - -## examples - - \[[table data=""" - Customer|Amount - Fulanito|134,34 - Menganito|234,56 - Menganito|234,56 - """]] - - \[[table class="book_record" format=csv file="data/books/record1"]] - -In this second example the `record1` page should be similar to: - - "Title","Perl Best Practices" - "Author","Damian Conway" - "Publisher","O’Reilly" - -To make a cell span multiple columns, follow it with one or more empty -cells. For example: - - \[[table data=""" - left||right| - a|b|c|d - this cell spans 4 columns||| - """]] - -## usage - -* `data` - Values for the table. -* `file` - A file in the wiki containing the data. -* `format` - The format of the data, either "csv", "dsv", or "auto" - (the default). -* `delimiter` - The character used to separate fields. By default, - DSV format uses a pipe (`|`), and CSV uses a comma (`,`). -* `class` - A CSS class for the table html element. -* `header` - Set to "no" to make a table without a header. By default, - the first data line is used as the table header. +Note that you can also build tables in [[ikiwiki/Markdown]] pages +without using this plugin, by enabling the `multimarkdown` option +and installing the [[!cpan Text::MultiMarkdown]] Perl module or simply by using the `` HTML tag.