From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniele Nicolodi Subject: Enginnering notation in tables exported to LaTeX Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 20:10:18 -0600 Message-ID: <5705C18A.6040900@grinta.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40571) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1anzOu-0001xn-O8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:10:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1anzOp-0002cF-Eb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:10:28 -0400 Received: from zed.grinta.net ([109.74.203.128]:46034) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1anzOp-0002c8-5m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:10:23 -0400 Received: from 688dnmac.campus.nist.gov (688msmac.bw.nist.gov [132.163.81.39]) (Authenticated sender: daniele) by zed.grinta.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 65F0AE01E7 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2016 02:10:21 +0000 (UTC) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hello, when exporting to LaTeX, numbers expressed in engineering notation contained in tables are transformed into a quite confusing notation: 1.234e5 becomes 1.234\,(5) which is rendered by LaTeX as 1.234 (5) with the space being a very narrow one. This notation is confusing because it is usually used (at l;east in physical sciences) to indicate uncertainty. I haven't found mention of this in the manual. There is a way to disable, or customize this conversion? Thank you. Cheers, Daniele