Increasing header separation/inter-column separation in pipe tabes

Increasing header separation/inter-column separation in pipe tabes

[R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar]

I am using pipe tables to generate epub3 output.

On the readers that I have tried out, the table headers seem too close 
to each other for easy visual separation. Is there any way to increase 
inter-column separation (or equivalently, achieve greater header 
separation) short of inserting dummy columns exclusively for this purpose?

Thanks.

Chandra

Re: Increasing header separation/inter-column separation in pipe tabes

[John MacFarlane]

Just pass in a custom style sheet using --css.
You can modify the default one, which can be generated
using

pandoc --print-default-data-file=pub.css

"R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar" <chyavana-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I am using pipe tables to generate epub3 output.
>
> On the readers that I have tried out, the table headers seem too close 
> to each other for easy visual separation. Is there any way to increase 
> inter-column separation (or equivalently, achieve greater header 
> separation) short of inserting dummy columns exclusively for this purpose?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chandra
>
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Re: Increasing header separation/inter-column separation in pipe tabes

[R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar]

Thank you.

For the record, I note these two points:

1. The default file is:

pandoc --print-default-data-file=epub.css

Note that the e in epub was inadvertently left out in the answer from @jgm.

2. I got the desired visual column separation with this in my css file:

table th, table td {
     padding-right: 0.5em;
     padding-left: 0.5em;
}

Chandra

On 07/10/2021 02:53, John MacFarlane wrote:
> 
> Just pass in a custom style sheet using --css.
> You can modify the default one, which can be generated
> using
> 
> pandoc --print-default-data-file=pub.css
> 
> "R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar" <chyavana-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
>> I am using pipe tables to generate epub3 output.
>>
>> On the readers that I have tried out, the table headers seem too close
>> to each other for easy visual separation. Is there any way to increase
>> inter-column separation (or equivalently, achieve greater header
>> separation) short of inserting dummy columns exclusively for this purpose?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Chandra
>>
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