Issue #612 document rbind2 limitation

Author: vincentarelbundock

DESCRIPTION

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: tinytable
 Type: Package
 Title: Simple and Configurable Tables in 'HTML', 'LaTeX', 'Markdown', 'Word', 'PNG', 'PDF', and 'Typst' Formats
 Description: Create highly customized tables with this simple and dependency-free package. Data frames can be converted to 'HTML', 'LaTeX', 'Markdown', 'Word', 'PNG', 'PDF', or 'Typst' tables. The user interface is minimalist and easy to learn. The syntax is concise. 'HTML' tables can be customized using the flexible 'Bootstrap' framework, and 'LaTeX' code with the 'tabularray' package.
-Version: 0.15.1.1
+Version: 0.15.1.2
 Imports:
     methods
 Depends:

NEWS.md

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 Bugs:
 
-* Tabulator HTML output now preserves special characters in column names like question marks (thanks to @etiennebacher for the report).
+* Tabulator HTML output now preserves special characters in column names like question marks (Issue #611, thanks to @etiennebacher).
+* Document `rbind2()` limitations around `format_tt()`/`style_tt()` and string coercion when stacking tables (Issue #612, thanks to @alexploner).
 
 ## 0.15.1
 

R/rbind2.R

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #' Combine `tinytable` objects by rows (vertically)
 #'
 #' @details
-#' `format_tt()` calls applied to `x` or `y` are evaluated before binding, to allow distinct formatting for each panel.
+#' Transformations recorded via `format_tt()` and `style_tt()` are evaluated at the very end of the rendering pipeline, after `rbind2()` has combined the tables. When headers are inserted or columns differ in type, the combined data is first coerced to character, so subsequent formatting/styling works on strings. Apply `format_tt()` directly to raw data frames before calling `tt()`, or re-run the formatting/styling steps on the combined table to preserve rounding and other rules.
 #'
 #' Calls to other `tinytable` functions such as `style_tt()` or `group_tt()` are ignored when applied to `x` or `y`. These functions should be applied to the final table instead.
 #'
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
 #' # bind by position rather than column names
 #' rbind2(x, y, use_names = FALSE)
 #'
+#' # `iris` example with pre-tt() formatting
+#' dat <- iris[1:3, 1:4]
+#' a <- format_tt(dat, i = 1:3, digits = 1) |> tt()
+#' b <- format_tt(dat, i = 1:3, digits = 2) |> tt()
+#' rbind2(a, b)
+#'
 #' @importFrom methods rbind2
 #' @export
 setMethod(

README.md

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ tt(x,
 
 ## Tutorial
 
-The `tinytable` 0.15.1.1 tutorial will take you much further. It is
+The `tinytable` 0.15.1.2 tutorial will take you much further. It is
 available in HTML and PDF formats at:
 <https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/>
 

docs/CITATION.html

@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ <h2 id="toc-title">On this page</h2>
 <h1>Citation</h1>
 <p>To cite package ‘tinytable’ in publications use:</p>
 <p>
-Arel-Bundock V (2025). <em>tinytable: Simple and Configurable Tables in ‘HTML’, ‘LaTeX’, ‘Markdown’, ‘Word’, ‘PNG’, ‘PDF’, and ‘Typst’ Formats</em>. R package version 0.15.1.1, <a href="https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/">https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/</a>.
+Arel-Bundock V (2025). <em>tinytable: Simple and Configurable Tables in ‘HTML’, ‘LaTeX’, ‘Markdown’, ‘Word’, ‘PNG’, ‘PDF’, and ‘Typst’ Formats</em>. R package version 0.15.1.2, <a href="https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/">https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/</a>.
 </p>
 
 

docs/NEWS.html

@@ -563,7 +563,8 @@ <h1>News</h1>
 <h2 class="anchored" data-anchor-id="development">Development</h2>
 <p>Bugs:</p>
 <ul>
-<li>Tabulator HTML output now preserves special characters in column names like question marks (thanks to <a href="https://github.com/etiennebacher"><span class="citation" data-cites="etiennebacher">@etiennebacher</span></a> for the report).</li>
+<li>Tabulator HTML output now preserves special characters in column names like question marks (Issue <a href="https://github.com/vincentarelbundock/tinytable/issues/611">#611</a>, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/etiennebacher"><span class="citation" data-cites="etiennebacher">@etiennebacher</span></a>).</li>
+<li>Document <code>rbind2()</code> limitations around <code>format_tt()</code>/<code>style_tt()</code> and string coercion when stacking tables (Issue <a href="https://github.com/vincentarelbundock/tinytable/issues/612">#612</a>, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/alexploner"><span class="citation" data-cites="alexploner">@alexploner</span></a>).</li>
 </ul>
 </section>
 <section id="section" class="level2">

docs/freeze.rds

@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ <h2 class="anchored" data-anchor-id="first-steps">First steps</h2>
 </section>
 <section id="tutorial" class="level2">
 <h2 class="anchored" data-anchor-id="tutorial">Tutorial</h2>
-<p>The <code>tinytable</code> 0.15.1.1 tutorial will take you much further. It is available in HTML and PDF formats at: <a href="https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/">https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/</a></p>
+<p>The <code>tinytable</code> 0.15.1.2 tutorial will take you much further. It is available in HTML and PDF formats at: <a href="https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/">https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/</a></p>
 
 
 </section>