From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Harkins Subject: Re: BMCOL column width as absolute? Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 08:48:34 +0800 Message-ID: References: <871u99tsyt.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: jamshark70@dewdrop-world.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b2e4960eb2abe04dccb3917 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38803) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcmN6-000419-4K for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 May 2013 20:48:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcmN2-000172-6N for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 May 2013 20:48:40 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22c]:33564) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcmN2-00016k-0O for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 May 2013 20:48:36 -0400 Received: by mail-ob0-f172.google.com with SMTP id tb18so2782180obb.3 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 17:48:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <871u99tsyt.fsf@gmail.com> 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: Nicolas Goaziou Cc: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --047d7b2e4960eb2abe04dccb3917 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On May 15, 2013 12:41 AM, "Nicolas Goaziou" wrote: > James Harkins writes: > > > Hi, in the new beamer exporter, are there any plans to support an > > absolute width for columns, rather than a fraction of \textwidth? > > None that I know of, but it could be of some use. Do you want to provide > a patch? I could try, but not in the near future. Hm, now what is that thing that reminds me to do something, even weeks or months later? Oh right, org-mode ;-) Oddly enough, absolute lengths achieve the desired effect: If I write a column width as 5cm, it appears in LaTeX as "5cm\textwidth." LaTeX processes it as 5cm, but puts a confusing error in the log ("confusing" = the error's line number is at the end of the frame containing the columns environment with this odd width spec). So the patch would only correct the syntax and remove the error, but I expect it wouldn't change the PDF result. hjh --047d7b2e4960eb2abe04dccb3917 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On May 15, 2013 12:41 AM, "Nicolas Goaziou" <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:
> James Harkins <jamshark70@g= mail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi, in the new beamer exporter, are there any plans to support an=
> > absolute width for columns, rather than a fraction of \textwidth?=
>
> None that I know of, but it could be of some use. Do you want to provi= de
> a patch?

I could try, but not in the near future. Hm, now what is tha= t thing that reminds me to do something, even weeks or months later? Oh rig= ht, org-mode ;-)

Oddly enough, absolute lengths achieve the desired effect: I= f I write a column width as 5cm, it appears in LaTeX as "5cm\textwidth= ." LaTeX processes it as 5cm, but puts a confusing error in the log (&= quot;confusing" =3D the error's line number is at the end of the f= rame containing the columns environment with this odd width spec). So the p= atch would only correct the syntax and remove the error, but I expect it wo= uldn't change the PDF result.

hjh

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