I have a relatively simple task I want to achieve: Render a quarto notebook into Markdown, so that I can include it in my docs.
I am of course running QuartoNotebookRunner.jl.
When I have to work with tables, using PrettyTables.jl would be nice to have, I think. However, I can not get that to work. Here is an (n)MWE, where the project in the same folder as the qmd file should contain Also DataFrames.jl
```{julia}
using Pkg;
cd(@__DIR__)
Pkg.activate(".");
Pkg.status() # just to illustrate package versions below
```
```{julia}
#| output: false
using PrettyTables, DataFrames
df = DataFrame(:a => [1,2,3], :b => [4,5,6])
```
```{julia}
# printing into normal output/code I get a nice markdown table,
# but this does only render in code and not as a nice markdown table
pretty_table(df, backend = :markdown, column_labels = ["A", "B"])
```
```{julia}
#| output: asis
# This `output: asis` should do the same as above without the code env, but always and only prints [TABLE]
# instead. Why? and how to fix this?
pretty_table(df, backend = :markdown, column_labels = ["A", "B"])
```
As the comments in the code suggest the result is a bit unsatisfying: The first pretty print is a code cell, so that does not render into a table in the following. The second (or fourth cell) I hoped to get what I hoped for, but:
[a93c6f00] DataFrames v1.8.0
[08abe8d2] PrettyTables v3.1.0
``` julia
# printing into normal output/code I get a nice markdown table,
# but this does only render in code and not as a nice markdown table
pretty_table(df, backend = :markdown, column_labels = ["A", "B"])
```
| **A** | **B** |
|------:|------:|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 |
``` julia
# This `output: asis` should do the same as above without the code env, but always and only prints [TABLE]
# instead. Why? and how to fix this?
pretty_table(df, backend = :markdown, column_labels = ["A", "B"])
```
[TABLE]
So Why does the last cell not just do the same as the second to last just without the 4 spaces upfront? I can not get this to work. Any hints appreciated.