Fix the gap between horizontal and vertical rules

Author: chrisaga

tables-vrules/expected.tex

@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
 \providecommand{\tightlist}{%
   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
 \setcounter{secnumdepth}{-\maxdimen} % remove section numbering
-\usepackage{longtable,booktabs,array}
+%begin tables-vrules.lua
+  \usepackage{longtable,booktabs,array}
 	\usepackage{calc} % for calculating minipage widths
 	% Correct order of tables after \paragraph or \subparagraph
 	\usepackage{etoolbox}
@@ -54,7 +55,11 @@
 	\makeatother
 	% Allow footnotes in longtable head/foot
 	\IfFileExists{footnotehyper.sty}{\usepackage{footnotehyper}}{\usepackage{footnote}}
-	\makesavenoteenv{longtable} 
+	\makesavenoteenv{longtable}
+  \setlength{\aboverulesep}{0pt}
+  \setlength{\belowrulesep}{0pt}
+  \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
+%end tables-vrules.lua
 \ifLuaTeX
   \usepackage{selnolig}  % disable illegal ligatures
 \fi

tables-vrules/tables-vrules.lua

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ function Meta(meta)
   -- We have to add this since Pandoc doesn't do it when a filter is
   -- processing tables (is it a bug or a feature ???)
   --
-  includes = [[\usepackage{longtable,booktabs,array}
+  includes = [[%begin tables-vrules.lua
+  \usepackage{longtable,booktabs,array}
 	\usepackage{calc} % for calculating minipage widths
 	% Correct order of tables after \paragraph or \subparagraph
 	\usepackage{etoolbox}
@@ -62,7 +63,11 @@ function Meta(meta)
 	\makeatother
 	% Allow footnotes in longtable head/foot
 	\IfFileExists{footnotehyper.sty}{\usepackage{footnotehyper}}{\usepackage{footnote}}
-	\makesavenoteenv{longtable} ]]
+	\makesavenoteenv{longtable}
+  \setlength{\aboverulesep}{0pt}
+  \setlength{\belowrulesep}{0pt}
+  \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
+%end tables-vrules.lua]]
 
   if meta['header-includes'] then
     table.insert(meta['header-includes'], pandoc.RawBlock('tex', includes))