name tap category Package shortdesc An easy TeX macro package for typesetting complex tables. longdesc The package offers a simple notation for pretty complex tables (to longdesc Michael J. Ferguson's credit); with PostScript allows longdesc shaded/coloured tables, diagonal rules, etc; supposed to work with longdesc both Plain and LaTeX; moreover, an AWK converter from ASCII longdesc semigraphic tables to TAP notation is included. [description longdesc copied from TeX Catalogue]