[racket-dev] scribble tables with centered cells

At Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:01:24 -0400, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> I'd like to produce, with scribble, output similar to what this latex produces:
> 
> \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
> Header1 & Header2 & Header3
> 11 & 17 & 29
> \end{tabular}
> 
> However, I can't seem to figure out how.  First, how can I make the
> elements centered?  There doesn't seem to be a way to control the
> generated column attributes - putting the 'center style in the
> `table-columns' style property just wraps the *entries* in \center{},
> which produces bizarre latex errors instead.  Second, how can I insert
> the dividers?

Use 'center as a style property (not a style name); see below.

Better checking of style-name uses is on my list of things to improve
in Scribble.

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#lang scribble/base
@(require scribble/core)

@(table
  (style #f (list
             (table-columns
              (list
               plain
               (style #f '(center))
               plain))))
  (list (list @para{left}
              @para{center}
              @para{left})
        (list @para{on the left}
              @para{in the center}
              @para{on the left})))