NAME
HTML::FormatNroff::Table - base class for formatting HTML Tables
SYNOPSIS
use HTML::FormatNroff::Table;
use parent 'HTML::FormatNroff::Table';DESCRIPTION
The HTML::FormatNroff::Table is a base class for formatting HTML tables. It is used by a class such as HTML::FormatNroff::Table::Nroff, which is called by the formatter HTML::FormatNroff when tables are processed.
METHODS
new
Create new table representation. Formatter is used to output table (e.g. $formatter is HTML::FormatNroff)
my $table = HTML::FormatNroff::Table->new($formatter, %attr);Attributes include
- align
-
table alignment (default is 'left'),
- tab
-
the character used in tbl to separate table cells. (the default is '%', and should be a character not included in table text)
- page_width
-
the page width in inches (e.g. "6")
- width
-
width of table, string including the percent (eg "100%")
$table->end_row();
End the current table row.
$table->start_data(%attr);
Start new table cell.
$table->end_data();
End table cell.
$table->add_text($text);
Add text to table
$table->output();
Output the table - must be overridden by subclass.
SEE ALSO
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997 Frederick Hirsch. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
AUTHOR
Frederick Hirsch <f.hirsch@opengroup.org>