[AUCTeX-devel] [PATCH] New function to align tables

[Damien Cassou]

Hi,

I've just created a function that align the '&' in a Latex table. This makes them much easier to read and change.

(defun LaTeX-align-table ()

  (interactive)
  (save-excursion

    (LaTeX-mark-environment)
    (align-regexp (region-beginning) (region-end) "\\(\\s-*\\)&" 1 1 t)))

Calling this function within the following environment:

address@hidden@{}}

  \toprule
  & Foo & Something different & Bar \\ 

  \midrule
  Yeah & 69  & 60  & 402  \\  

  Another yeah & 742 & 848 (x 3.2) & 3820 \\  
  \bottomrule

\end{tabular}

Results in the following:

address@hidden@{}}

  \toprule
               & Foo & Something different & Bar \\ 

  \midrule
  Yeah         & 69  & 60                  & 402  \\  

  Another yeah & 742 & 848 (x 3.2)         & 3820 \\  
  \bottomrule

\end{tabular}

What do you think?

-- 
Damien Cassou
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