HTML tables "macro" ... a worthy Python challenge?

Steve Waterbury (waterbug@epims1.gsfc.nasa.gov)
26 Jan 1995 16:01:29 GMT

The attached message was recently posted to www-talk, and
I thought such a macro might make a nifty addition to Python's
growing code library for Web-related programming. I am a
beginner (and working on other stuff, like everybody!), but
thought I would post this to see if any of the more
experienced Python hackers saw merit in such a "project".
(Granted it's sort of a "PERL thing to do", but so what?)

I expect it would be very popular! Anyone?

Cheers!
--Steve.

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Dear All

Up until now I use a bare ASCII editor to create HTML - I havent
yet found an editor that produces the code as I like it, and I'm
afraid I see an aesthetic appeal in well presented code.
OK I Confess: I wear my little W3 socks in bed (well I am British!)

HOWEVER:
Tables are Oh So useful, and Oh So painful to code; so far I've done
my CV (no surprises that was the first thing I tried!) and that took
an age!!

SO :
I'll give up my aesthetic pretentions for an editor/macro that can
hack tables, if anyone knows of one. Ideally a macro for Excel would
seem to be the answer, but I'm not a basic programmer and would still
like to keep some kind of life:-)

Any suggestions.

PS Anyone know when Netscape will support Tables, a major omision
IMHO.

Regards

James ATTREE
South Bank University
http://www.sbu.ac.uk/Architecture/
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