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@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Prawn::Document.generate("fancy_table.pdf", :page_layout => :landscape) do
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   mask(:y) { table body, :headers => headers }
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   table [["This is",   "A Test"    ],
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-         ["Of tables", "Drawn Side"],
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+         [  Prawn::Graphics::Cell.new( :text => "Of tables",
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+                                       :background_color => "ffccff" ),
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+            "Drawn Side"],
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          ["By side",   "and stuff" ]], 
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     :position         => 600, 
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     :headers          => ["Col A", "Col B"],

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@@ -171,15 +171,26 @@ module Prawn
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         @document.font_size(@font_size) do
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           renderable_data.each_with_index do |row,index|
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             c = Prawn::Graphics::CellBlock.new(@document)
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-            row.each_with_index do |e,i|
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-              c << Prawn::Graphics::Cell.new(
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-                :document => @document, 
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-                :text     => e.to_s, 
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-                :width    => @col_widths[i],
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-                :horizontal_padding => @horizontal_padding,
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-                :vertical_padding => @vertical_padding,
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-                :border   => @border,
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-                :border_style => :sides )    
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+            row.each_with_index do |e,i| 
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+              case(e)
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+              when Prawn::Graphics::Cell
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+                e.document = @document
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+                e.width    = @col_widths[i]
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+                e.horizontal_padding = @horizontal_padding
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+                e.vertical_padding   = @vertical_padding    
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+                e.border             = @border
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+                e.border_style       = :sides
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+                c << e
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+              else
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+                c << Prawn::Graphics::Cell.new(
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+                  :document => @document, 
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+                  :text     => e.to_s, 
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+                  :width    => @col_widths[i],
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+                  :horizontal_padding => @horizontal_padding,
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+                  :vertical_padding => @vertical_padding,
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+                  :border   => @border,
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+                  :border_style => :sides ) 
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+              end   
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             end
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             if c.height > y_pos - @document.margin_box.absolute_bottom

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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module Prawn
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       def initialize(options={})
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         @point        = options[:point]
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         @document     = options[:document]
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-        @text         = options[:text]
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+        @text         = options[:text].to_s
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         @width        = options[:width]
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         @border       = options[:border]
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         @border_style = options[:border_style] || :all               
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@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ module Prawn
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         end
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       end
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-      attr_accessor :point, :border_style, :border, :background_color
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-      attr_writer   :height #:nodoc:
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+      attr_accessor :point, :border_style, :border, :background_color,
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+                    :document, :horizontal_padding, :vertical_padding
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+      attr_writer   :height, :width #:nodoc:   
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+      
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+      def to_s
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+        @text
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+      end
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       # The width of the text area excluding the horizonal padding
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       #
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@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ module Prawn
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           e.point  = [x - @document.bounds.absolute_left, 
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                       y - @document.bounds.absolute_bottom]
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           e.height = @height
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-          e.background_color = @background_color
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+          e.background_color ||= @background_color
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           e.draw
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           x += e.width
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         end