patch_table_env: patch table environment

In texor: Converting 'LaTeX' 'R Journal' Articles into 'RJ-web-articles'

patch table environment

Description

function to modify env and commands in TeX using GNU sed

These are due to the pandoc's limitations and ease in conversion.

Usage

patch_table_env(article_dir)

Arguments

article_dir

path to the directory which contains tex article

Details

changes are made to : 1. table* environment to table environment 2. \multicolumn to \multicolumnx \multicolumnx is redefined in Metafix.sty as \renewcommand{\multicolumnx}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{c}{#3}}

Value

patches table environments in LaTeX file and also backs up the old file before modification

Examples

article_dir <- system.file("examples/article",
                 package = "texor")
dir.create(your_article_folder <- file.path(tempdir(), "tempdir"))
x <- file.copy(from = article_dir, to = your_article_folder,recursive = TRUE,)
your_article_path <- paste(your_article_folder,"article",sep="/")
texor::patch_table_env(your_article_path)
unlink(your_article_folder,recursive = TRUE)

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