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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/calctab/README b/macros/latex/contrib/calctab/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..164ae212a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/calctab/README @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +calctab package - A language for numeric tables +version 0.6.1 2009/07/12 + +1 - Introduction +The calctab package helps the user to typeset a kind of economic table such as invoices, +expense notes and liquidation, or other tabular material with a values columns. +The code computes sum and percentage with floating point numeric method (with the fltpoint +package by Eckhart Guthoehrlein) and builds the render table task. +Economics items may be are independent values or not like sums and percentage on previous +values. The language must be expressive concerning together data and its relationships. + +2 - Calctab and xcalctab environments +The calctab environment allow you to typesetting a table with only one values column +beside a label and a description columns. +In the xcalctab environment the values of two columns are multiplied and the result +is printed in a third column. +Please read the calctab user manual for more information and example. + +3 - Language +A standard tabular environment works well but force the user to think in a generic LaTeX +language without a conceptual relation among the items. In addition a lot of formatting +commands takes the same relevance of the main data. + +4 - Feedback and language enhancements +This version waiting for the user help and feedback and somehow a powerful implemented +language to adjust all the view property such as row numbering, label type, coloring, etc. +Finally, I hope in a new infrastructure design which allow to building table with an +object oriented language (ool). + +5 - Package license +This program can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the LaTeX Project +Public License Distributed from CTAN archives in directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt; +either version 1 of the License, or any later version. + +Happy TeXing! + +Copyright (C) 2009 Roberto Giacomelli -- giaconet dot mailbox at gmail dot com + |