patch table environment

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

Value

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

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#1c#3

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)
#> Found  1 Matches for target : table\*
#> Changed \begin{table\*} to \begin{table}
#> Found  1 Matches for target : table\*
#> Changed \end{table*} to \end{table}
#> Found  2 Matches for target : multicolumn
#> changed \multicolumn to \multicolumnx
#> Found 0 Matches for target :  widetable
#> Changed \begin{widetable} to \begin{table}
#> Found 0 Matches for target :  widetable
#> Changed \end{widetable} to \end{table}
unlink(your_article_folder,recursive = TRUE)