On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 06:59:56PM -0000, Ted Harding wrote:
On 17-Jan-09 18:40:15, Chris G wrote:
I'm looking for a simple way to create HTML tables. In particular I want to be able to create tables with various (and fairly random) row spans and column spans.
I don't really mind how it works, it can be a Web based application, a word-processor look-alike, or something that converts a text 'source' file into tables. I just want it to be simple to use.
Currently I'm using reStructuredText which does most of what I want but its "Grid Table" syntax for tables is laborious to use and its "Simple Tables" don't give me all the row and column spans I need.
I might take a look at Open Office, I assume that can generate HTML, what's its tables like?
-- Chris Green
You might consider using groff with -Thtml option. The "grohtml" front-end converts gtroff output to HTML, and groff itself has very general table-formatting capabilities.
While I've never used groff to generate HTML myself, I have very long experience in using groff for PS output of all sorts of documents, so if you're not used to groff and want some info on how to set about using it, then get in touch.
I used to use/edit nroff/troff documents so groff won't be all that foreign to me. I'll take a look, thanks.