Save a table to a variety of formats — hux_save

depending on the context return the correct format for a document. The basic output here is to use HTML as an output if possible and convert it to an image or a PDF that can then be included into a latex document for example.

Usage

hux_save_as(...)

Arguments

...

Arguments passed on to .hux_save_as

hux: the huxtable to save
filename: the filename, which may omit the extension
size: a `std_size` list entry
maxWidth: or the maximum width in inches
maxHeight: and either the maximum height in inches
aspectRatio: or the minimum allowed aspect ratio
formats: if the extension is omitted, all the formats described here will be saved. Currently supported outputs are "html","png","pdf","docx","xlsx"
defaultFontSize: the default font size
sheetname: if saving as an xlsx file.
pdfConverter: a function that takes an HTML fragment and returns a pdf file.
webfontFinder: a function that takes a set of font families and returns a css webfonts directive

Value

the output depends on if the function is called in a knitr session. It maybe the HTML or a link to the pdf output for example.

Examples

try({
 hux = iris %>% huxtable::as_hux() %>%
   huxtable::theme_mondrian(font="Roboto")
 out = .hux_save_as(hux, tempfile())
 # browseURL(out$html)

 out2 = .hux_save_as(hux, tempfile(), formats=c("pdf","png"))
 as.character(out2)

 # The resulting pdf has fonts embedded & is multipage.
})
#> Error in .hux_save_as(hux, tempfile()) : 
#>   could not find function ".hux_save_as"