v0.9.0

PrettyTables v0.9.0

Diff since v0.8.4

• The table format of the text back-end now has the variable vlines which defines the vertical lines that should be drawn by default. In this case, the variables left_border and right_border were removed because they were not necessary anymore.
• The compatibility with Tables.jl API was improved. Now, tables without a schema can be printed. Furthermore, if a table has a schema but the user pass a header, then the user's header will be used instead. Thus, this can be breaking. (Issue #45)
• The behavior of the keyword hlines was modified in text back-end. Now, it can be used to draw any horizontal line, including the bottom, header, and top lines. A variable also named hlines was added to the structure TextFormat to defined which horizontal lines should be drawn by default. Thus, the variables top_line, header_line, and bottom_line of the same structure were removed since they were not necessary anymore. Furthermore, the old behavior of hlines and hlines_format can be replicated in this version using body_hlines and body_hlines_format, respectively.
• The vertical lines behavior in LaTeX back-end was modified to match the behavior selected for the text back-end. Thus, the keyword row_number_vline was removed, since it was not necessary anymore.
• The API of formatters was drastically change to improve the consistency of the package. Now, as we have in highlighters, the formatters are composed of a function or a tuple of functions with the signature f(value,i,j), where value is the cell value that must be formatted, i is the row number, and j is the column number. These function must return the formatted value for the cell (i,j). Since it is now possible to define multiple formatters, the keyword name was changed from formatter to formatters. The old API still works, but it marked as deprecated.
• The vertical lines in text back-end can now be controlled by the keyword vlines. (Issue #46)
• The option row_names can be used to append a column to the left of the table with the names of the columns.
• The highlighters format of text back-end was improved. The user can now create highlighters that will dynamically apply crayons depending on the data value and the cell coordinate, as it was possible with the LaTeX and HTML back-ends.
• The API of cell_alignment was changed to improve the consistency of the package. Now, as we have in highlighters, the cell_alignment must be a function or a tuple of functions with the signature f(data,i,j), where data is the matrix that is being printed, i is the row number, and j is the column number. These function must return the alignment symbol for the cell (i,j). For convenience, the old API using dictionaries is still available for the simple cases.
• End of support of Julia 1.3. The supported versions are 1.0 and 1.4.

Closed issues:

• Support for schemaless tables? (#45)
• Add an option to hide vertical column bars in text backend (#46)