* Exponential numbers in latex table export
@ 2018-03-27 17:49 Günter Lichtenberg
2018-03-28 11:55 ` Nicolas Goaziou
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Günter Lichtenberg @ 2018-03-27 17:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi
I have a document with many automatically generated tables that contain
numbers in exponential Format, e.g. 2e09. When I export the tables to LaTeX
and pdf I get something like 2 (-09) in the pdf, if there is no character
after the number in the table
Minimal Example:
|--------------|
| 1.2e09 (abs) |
| 2.3e-09 |
| 3.4e09 |
|--------------|
exports to a latex table as
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{r}
\hline
1.2e09 (abs)\\
2.3\,(-09)\\
3.4\,(09)\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
Note that in the first line the number is an exponential, the following 2 are
not. I could not find anything in the documentation. What am I missing?
orgmode version is 9.1.4, but the same happens with emacs 25.3 built-in
version 8.3.
gl
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2018-03-27 17:49 Exponential numbers in latex table export Günter Lichtenberg
@ 2018-03-28 11:55 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-03-28 16:37 ` Günter Lichtenberg
2018-03-29 8:37 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2018-03-28 11:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Günter Lichtenberg; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hello,
Günter Lichtenberg <mail@guenterlichtenberg.de> writes:
> I have a document with many automatically generated tables that contain
> numbers in exponential Format, e.g. 2e09. When I export the tables to LaTeX
> and pdf I get something like 2 (-09) in the pdf, if there is no character
> after the number in the table
>
> Minimal Example:
> |--------------|
> | 1.2e09 (abs) |
> | 2.3e-09 |
> | 3.4e09 |
> |--------------|
>
> exports to a latex table as
>
> \begin{center}
> \begin{tabular}{r}
> \hline
> 1.2e09 (abs)\\
> 2.3\,(-09)\\
> 3.4\,(09)\\
> \hline
> \end{tabular}
>
> Note that in the first line the number is an exponential, the following 2 are
> not. I could not find anything in the documentation. What am I missing?
>
> orgmode version is 9.1.4, but the same happens with emacs 25.3 built-in
> version 8.3.
See `org-latex-table-scientific-notation'. I also find the default value
a bit surprising. I believe it is what Carsten uses.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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2018-03-28 11:55 ` Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2018-03-28 16:37 ` Günter Lichtenberg
2018-03-29 8:37 ` Carsten Dominik
1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Günter Lichtenberg @ 2018-03-28 16:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On Wednesday, 28 March 2018 13:55:01 CEST Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> >
> > \begin{center}
> > \begin{tabular}{r}
> > \hline
> > 1.2e09 (abs)\\
> > 2.3\,(-09)\\
> > 3.4\,(09)\\
> > \hline
> > \end{tabular}
> >
> See `org-latex-table-scientific-notation'. I also find the default value
> a bit surprising. I believe it is what Carsten uses.
Hi
thanks, setting that variable to nil solves my problem.
It was a bit puzzling to me, because of the fact that once a string is
somewhere in the column the exponential number came out as is (I guess because
then the table entry is no longer interpreted as a number but as a string).
It was also confusing because HTML export is different and just puts out what
is in the orgmode table.
Maybe one should change the default of the variable to nil?
Just a suggestion, as I said, my problem is solved.
Thanks again
gl
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2018-03-28 11:55 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-03-28 16:37 ` Günter Lichtenberg
@ 2018-03-29 8:37 ` Carsten Dominik
2018-03-29 15:51 ` Julius Dittmar
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From: Carsten Dominik @ 2018-03-29 8:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Goaziou; +Cc: org-mode list, Günter Lichtenberg
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Günter Lichtenberg <mail@guenterlichtenberg.de> writes:
>
> > I have a document with many automatically generated tables that contain
> > numbers in exponential Format, e.g. 2e09. When I export the tables to
> LaTeX
> > and pdf I get something like 2 (-09) in the pdf, if there is no character
> > after the number in the table
> >
> > Minimal Example:
> > |--------------|
> > | 1.2e09 (abs) |
> > | 2.3e-09 |
> > | 3.4e09 |
> > |--------------|
> >
> > exports to a latex table as
> >
> > \begin{center}
> > \begin{tabular}{r}
> > \hline
> > 1.2e09 (abs)\\
> > 2.3\,(-09)\\
> > 3.4\,(09)\\
> > \hline
> > \end{tabular}
> >
> > Note that in the first line the number is an exponential, the following
> 2 are
> > not. I could not find anything in the documentation. What am I missing?
> >
> > orgmode version is 9.1.4, but the same happens with emacs 25.3 built-in
> > version 8.3.
>
> See `org-latex-table-scientific-notation'. I also find the default value
> a bit surprising. I believe it is what Carsten uses.
>
Hi,
I believe I ended up using this because I wanted something that is not
dependent on having math-mode in the table column. What I would have
really preferred is "%s\times10^{%s}", but that is less stable because you
need then to know if the column will have math-mode or not.
I agree that it is a bit odd and non-standard - so maybe using nil as
default would be fine.
Carsten
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>
>
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2018-03-29 8:37 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2018-03-29 15:51 ` Julius Dittmar
2018-03-29 17:29 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Julius Dittmar @ 2018-03-29 15:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On 29.03.2018 10:37, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> I believe I ended up using this because I wanted something that is not
> dependent on having math-mode in the table column. What I would have
> really preferred is "%s\times10^{%s}", but that is less stable because
> you need then to know if the column will have math-mode or not.
How about \ensuremath{%s\times10^{%s}} ?
Julius
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2018-03-29 15:51 ` Julius Dittmar
@ 2018-03-29 17:29 ` Carsten Dominik
2018-03-29 20:14 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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From: Carsten Dominik @ 2018-03-29 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Julius Dittmar; +Cc: org-mode list
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On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Julius Dittmar <Julius.Dittmar@gmx.de>
wrote:
>
> On 29.03.2018 10:37, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>> I believe I ended up using this because I wanted something that is not
>> dependent on having math-mode in the table column. What I would have
>> really preferred is "%s\times10^{%s}", but that is less stable because
>> you need then to know if the column will have math-mode or not.
>>
>
> How about \ensuremath{%s\times10^{%s}} ?
That would do the trick, yes.
Carsten
>
>
> Julius
>
>
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2018-03-29 17:29 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2018-03-29 20:14 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-03-30 17:52 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2018-03-29 20:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: Julius Dittmar, org-mode list
Hello,
Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> writes:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Julius Dittmar <Julius.Dittmar@gmx.de>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 29.03.2018 10:37, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>
>>> I believe I ended up using this because I wanted something that is not
>>> dependent on having math-mode in the table column. What I would have
>>> really preferred is "%s\times10^{%s}", but that is less stable because
>>> you need then to know if the column will have math-mode or not.
>>>
>>
>> How about \ensuremath{%s\times10^{%s}} ?
>
>
> That would do the trick, yes.
So, what should be the default value :
\ensuremath{%s\times10^{%s}}
or
nil
I don't mind either way.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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2018-03-29 20:14 ` Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2018-03-30 17:52 ` Carsten Dominik
2018-03-30 20:21 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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From: Carsten Dominik @ 2018-03-30 17:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Goaziou; +Cc: Julius Dittmar, org-mode list
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Hi Nicolas,
let's make it nil.
- Carsten
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> writes:
>
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Julius Dittmar <Julius.Dittmar@gmx.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On 29.03.2018 10:37, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> >>
> >>> I believe I ended up using this because I wanted something that is not
> >>> dependent on having math-mode in the table column. What I would have
> >>> really preferred is "%s\times10^{%s}", but that is less stable because
> >>> you need then to know if the column will have math-mode or not.
> >>>
> >>
> >> How about \ensuremath{%s\times10^{%s}} ?
> >
> >
> > That would do the trick, yes.
>
> So, what should be the default value :
>
> \ensuremath{%s\times10^{%s}}
>
> or
>
> nil
>
> I don't mind either way.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>
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