[OS X TeX] "Paste Spreadsheet Cells" and csv2latex

[Alan Munn]

On Feb 20, 2010, at 5:39 PM, David Derbes wrote:

> Alan Munn put together a very nifty and perhaps easier solution  
> called xl2latex, based on an earlier program by Tom Counsell.  
> Apparently this is now renamed to csv2latex. Anyway, the version I  
> used (and continue to use) is a Ruby program. Basically, you open up  
> the Terminal and also your Excel file. You copy the cells into  
> memory. In Terminal, you execute the command
>
> ruby xl2latex.rb
>
> (making sure that the program xl2latex.rb is in your directory so  
> that the Ruby interpreter can find it), and the terminal reports  
> "OK. Data in memory". You then type Command-V at that point in your  
> LaTeX source you want the table of Excel data, and there it is.
>
> Perhaps the new version is the old one renamed with a few bells and  
> whistles...

Yes, I've added an Applescript that allows you to choose a table type,  
and it's now included directly into TeXShop, which is what David M's  
question was about.

You (David D.) might want to check out the newer version; it requires  
no terminal use at all.

Alan

>
> David Derbes
> U of Chicago Lab Schools
>
> On Feb 20, 2010, at 4:23 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>>
>> On Feb 20, 2010, at 3:05 PM, David Messerschmitt wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> As one of those lazy users who just wants things to work without a  
>>> lot of fuss, I was excited to find the Macros Help in TexShop 2.31  
>>> describing a Default Applescript Macro "Paste Spreadsheet Cells".  
>>> With considerable excitement I went to the TexShop Macros- 
>>> >Applescript menu to look for it, and was disappointed that it was  
>>> not listed. Assuming this refers to csv2latex, I then looked for  
>>> csv2latex among the macro menus and could not find it either. Am I  
>>> missing something simple? It would be great if this useful macro  
>>> was available without a lot of installation fuss.
>>
>>
>> Being one of the laziest users on this list, I certainly could not  
>> cast the first stone.
>>
>> In the case of cvs2latex, I downloaded it, unzipped it, did  
>> something else and created the following macro in TeXShop:
>>
>> --Applescript direct
>> --If you change the location of the csv2latex script, you must change
>> --this script accordingly to reflect the new location.
>> set mainList to {"cells","booktabs", "simple","longtable" }
>> choose from list mainList with prompt "Choose a table format"
>> set tablestyle to result as text
>> do shell script  "~/Library/texmf//csv2latex" & " " &  tablestyle
>> tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using {command  
>> down}
>> --End of Applescript
>>
>>
>> At this point, though, I can't remember what the something else was  
>> but since I am terminally install-challenged ...
>>
>> And, unless someone beats me to it, I should have the solution  
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> Regards
>> --schremmer
>>
>>
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