Re: LaTeX table export issue

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Bart Bunting <bart@ursys.com.au>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: LaTeX table export issue
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:36:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B36F7BC-9821-407B-A7D9-C9835C126E95@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eiev20y8.fsf@bunting.net.au>

Hi Bart,

thanks for the detailed description, this is now fixed (not in a nice  
way, but fixed anyway ...)

- Carsten

On Jul 22, 2010, at 1:46 PM, Bart Bunting wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have found what is possibly a bug in the LaTeX export in org-mode  
> but
> I'm not totally sure.
>
> I am no LaTeX expert, in fact I know very little about it.  I have  
> used
> a process of ilimination to try and produce the simplest case I can to
> demonstrate the issue.
>
> What happens is that if I have a table at the top of my document  
> before
> a heading line and use the  #+ATTR_LaTeX: setting it appears that the
> settings used in that #+ATTR_LaTeX: line are then used for all
> subsequent tables and other #+ATTR_LaTeX: lines are ignored.
>
> If I add a heading line before the first #+ATTR_LaTeX: line then each
> table works as expected.
>
> To demonstrate the issue I have created the small org-mode file below.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> - copy the below text into a .org file.
> - remove the "Section One" heading.
> - export to pdf.
>
> You will see that the second table inherits the settings from the  
> first.
>
> Next:
> - Put the "Section One" heading back.
> - Export to pdf again.
>
> You will see that now each table has it's own correct settings.
>
> I hope this makes sense to someone :)
>
> Regards
>
> Bart
>
> --- Sample org file ---
>
>
> * Section One
> #+ATTR_LaTeX: align=|p{50mm}|p{50mm}|
> |---+------------------+--------------------------|
> |   | Reference   | 333 |
> |---+------------------+--------------------------|
> |   | Document Name:   | wibble           |
> |---+------------------+--------------------------|
>
>
> * Section Two
>
> #+ATTR_LaTeX: align=|p{50mm}|p{40mm}|p{30mm}|
> |---------------+------------+-----------|
> | Plan          | Contention | Monthly   |
> |---------------+------------+-----------|
> | 512/256Kbps   |       16:1 | $565.00   |
> |---------------+------------+-----------|
>
>
>
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- Carsten