writeTableToPDF: Create a pdf file from latex from a tabular object.

In wStockhausen/wtsUtilities: Collection of miscellaneous utility functions developed by William Stockhausen

Create a pdf file from latex from a tabular object.

Description

Function to create a pdf file from latex from a tabular object.

Usage

writeTableToPDF(
  tbl_tex,
  template_tex = NULL,
  pdf_name = "table.pdf",
  insertion_point = "&&tex_str",
  pageheight = 8.5,
  pagewidth = 6.5,
  margin = 0.1,
  orientation = "portrait",
  units = "in",
  cleanup = TRUE
)

Arguments

tbl_tex	the tex string from tables::toLatex(tabular)
template_tex	character string of tex template
pdf_name	the desired name for the resulting pdf file
insertion_point	string identifying point at which to insert the tex string into the template
pageheight	page height (number, in units given by units)
pagewidth	page width (number, in units given by units)
margin	margin (number, in units given by units)
orientation	"portrait" or "landscape"
units	units for measurements (e.g., "in" or "cm")
cleanup	flag to clean up intermediate files

Details

This function inserts the latex string tbl_tex returned by tables::toLatex() called on a table tblinto a tex template (tex_template) for a document. It then converts the resulting tex to a pdf using writeTexToPDF().

The insertion point in the template is indicated by the value of insertion_point. A default template is provided in tex/templateForTable.tex.

The intermediate files are named "tex_DUMMY_TEX_FILE" with extensions .tex, .aux, .log, and .pdf. The pdf file is copied to the file given by pdf_name (which defaults to 'table.pdf').

Value

Invisibly, the tex string for the pdf document.

Note

The use of orientation="landscape" reverses the sense of pageheight and pagewidth in determining the page size, but does not rotate the table.

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