sphinx-tabular 0.2.2

Sphinx directives for CSV-powered tabular authoring.

sphinx-tabular

Full documentation

Instead of just modifying the final table output, sphinx-tabular builds real docutils table nodes (table/tgroup/row/entry) the same way docutils' own table directives do, and only overrides the HTML rendering of table cells (for colspan/rowspan/inline styling) — the rest of the output is generated by Sphinx's normal HTML writer.

While the table structure and merged cells will work in the LaTeX builder PDF output, the table formatting (colors, icons, bacgkround color, text color, and alignment) is HTML only.

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Features

• Sphinx extension.
• Uses standard CSV file format.
• Easily merge table cells with < and ^.
• Support reStructuredText and Markdown.
• Support for inline table data and external files.
• Optional sticky header support for one or more header rows.
• Provides a minimal set of spreadsheet formulas.
• Set table cell alignment and per-cell alignment in both horizontal and vertical directions.
• Set custom cell text and background colors.
• Custom status pill.
• Support for Font Awesome and Bootstrip icons if installed by your theme.

Installation

pip install sphinx-tabular

conf.py

extensions = [
    ...,
    'sphinx_tabular',
    ...,
]

Directives

RST, external file:

.. rcsv-table:: Title
    :file: table.rcsv

RST, inline data.

.. rcsv-table:: Title

    Col 1, Row 1
    Col 2, Row 2

Markdown, external file:

.. rcsv-table:: Title
    :file: table.mcsv

Markdown, inline data.

.. rcsv-table:: Title

    Col 1, Row 1
    Col 2, Row 2

Merging Cells

Columns

.. rcsv-table:: Title

    Merged,<
    Unmerged, Unmerged

Rows

.. rcsv-table:: Title

    Merged,Unmerged
    ^, Unmerged

Additional Capabilities

See full documentation for additional capabilities:

Formatting

• Custom theming.
• =ALIGN() horizontal/vertical cell value alignment.
• =BG() set the background cell color.
• =FG() set text color.
• =ICON() use a Font Awesome or Bootstrap icon, or a fallback.
• =STATUS() insert a colored status pill.

Spreadsheet

• ' interprest as literal text without evaluation.
• +,-,*,/ arithmetic operations on cells.
• =C4 cell references.
• =A4:B4 cell ranges.
• =AVG() take the average.
• =CONCAT() concatenation of cell values.
• =COUNT() count number of numerical values.
• =IF() conditional evaluation.
• =MAX() find the maximum value.
• =MIN() find the minimum value.
• =ROUND() round the number to an int or the specified decimal places.
• =SUM() sum a set or range of values.