allow italic and bold within column texts [skip ci]

[iramosgutierrez]

As asked by a user, there was no possibility of including italics or bold within columns (e.g. a species name in a title).
Including LATEX directly inside column texts was not doable, as the check_latex function was correcting it.

A proposed alternative solution is to include \\startit ITALIZED TEXT \\endit NORMAL TEXT \\startbf BOLD TEXT \\endbf NORMAL TEXT AGAIN
but it has to be done by hand by the user.

Example:
labeleR::collection.table$field6[37] <- "Between the bushes of \\startit Retama and Nerium \\endit "
(of course, it can be done in the table prior to loading it to R).

Any thoughts or alternatives?

[Pakillo]

Yes, in those cases I think we'll need to include LaTeX directly within the text, as you propose (there's a similar example in

labeleR/R/certificate_attendance.R

Line 46 in 85964f5

#' freetext = "organised by {\\bf Hogwarts School year 1992-1993}",

).

Any preference for \startit and \endit versus \textit? I'm fine with either, but I suspect some people might try \textit. If that will not work, please explain clearly in the documentation what's the accepted way to insert italic and bold text?

Thanks!

[iramosgutierrez]

Yes, in those cases I think we'll need to include LaTeX directly within the text, as you propose (there's a similar example in

labeleR/R/certificate_attendance.R

Line 46 in 85964f5

#' freetext = "organised by {\\bf Hogwarts School year 1992-1993}",

).
Any preference for \startit and \endit versus \textit? I'm fine with either, but I suspect some people might try \textit. If that will not work, please explain clearly in the documentation what's the accepted way to insert italic and bold text?

Thanks!

You are completely right, probably keeping the same names (textit and textbf) is the best idea. Nevertheless it is going to be still needed to specify \end, as curly brackets are revised by check_latex.

[Pakillo]

As long as you explain in the documentation (ie. readme, function help) how to include italic and bold text, it should be fine! You could even create a FAQ section in the readme with this stuff (e.g. https://pakillo.github.io/grateful/#frequently-asked-questions)