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From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)
To: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
Cc: Sebastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com>,
	nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Passing font size to exported LaTeX table
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 09:58:23 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1ei3nzx9c.fsf@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikepg156=6gz=j-9zYxm2tN3J1r1w@mail.gmail.com> (John Hendy's message of "Tue, 24 May 2011 14:31:43 -0500")

John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
>
>> John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Sebastien Vauban <
>> wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Hi John,
>> >
>> >     John Hendy wrote:
>> >     > I can control a table font size directly from the .tex file like
>> so:
>> >     >
>> >     > ---
>> >     > \scriptsize{
>> >     > \begin{center}
>> >     > \begin{tabular}{lllrr}
>> >     >
>> >     > table entries here
>> >     >
>> >     > \end{tabular}
>> >     > \end{center}
>> >     > }
>> >     > ---
>> >     >
>> >     > Any way to pass this from org-mode? Otherwise, I keep changing the
>> org file,
>> >     > exporting, and then having to add this to the tex file and
>> re-export.
>> >     >
>> >     > I tried:
>> >     > ---
>> >     > #+begin_latex
>> >     > \scriptsize{
>> >     > #+end_latex
>> >     >
>> >     > |org|table|here|
>> >     >
>> >     > #+begin_latex
>> >     > }
>> >     > #+end_latex
>> >     > ---
>> >     >
>> >     > without success.
>> >
>> >     You put the things in the wrong order:
>> >
>> >     1. put a group around some LaTeX commands
>> >     2. add the macro \scriptsize in it
>> >
>> >     Hence:
>> >
>> >     #+begin_src org
>> >      #+begin_latex
>> >      {\scriptsize
>> >      #+end_latex
>> >
>> >      |org|table|here|
>> >
>> >      #+begin_latex
>> >      }
>> >      #+end_latex
>> >     #+end_src
>> >
>> >     should do it (not tested).
>> >
>> > I'm getting this error upon export (no PDF created):
>> > ---
>> > ! Argument of \frame has an extra }.
>> > <inserted text>
>> >                 \par
>> > l.142 }
>> >
>> > Runaway argument?
>> >  \par \par \par
>> > ! Paragraph ended before \frame was complete.
>> > <to be read again>
>> >                    \par
>> > l.142 }
>> >
>> > ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
>> > <recently read> }
>> >
>> > l.142 }
>> >
>> > ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
>> > \endframe ->\egroup
>> >                     \begingroup \def \@currenvir {frame}
>> > l.145 \end{frame}
>> >
>> > )
>> > Runaway argument?
>> > ---
>> >
>> > I'm assuming something is not liking that dangling "}"...
>> >
>> > Thoughts?
>> >
>>
>> I didn't try Seb's workaround but your original solution almost works:
>> what stops it is YAB in the latex exporter, but having been bitten by
>> such a couple of times in the past, I applied my usual[fn:1] workaround
>> and presto! it works:
>>
>> ,----
>> |
>> | * foo
>> |
>> | #+begin_latex
>> | \scriptsize{ %}
>> | #+end_latex
>> |
>> | #+tblname: foo
>> | | table | here |
>> | |-------+------|
>> | | table | here |
>> |
>> | #+begin_latex
>> | }
>> | #+end_latex
>> `----
>>
>>
> Awesome!! And now I recall seeing it before on the list. Very cool.
>
>
>> The opening brace on the \scriptsize line confuses the exporter and it
>> leaves the table alone. Adding a commented-out closing brace unconfuses
>> it.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> Footnotes:
>>
>> [fn:1] Maybe I should add it to the FAQ?
>>
>
> Perhaps -- the tough things is that an issue with braces is not what I would
> have expected the problem was. I thought I just wasn't combining things
> right or that the org exporter was making something like this impossible
> based on how it parsed the text. In any case, yes, it would be cool to have
> in public written somewhere. Thanks!
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Nick Dokos <span dir="ltr"><mailto:nicholas.dokos@hp.com></span> wrote:
> John Hendy <mailto:jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Sebastien Vauban <mailto:wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi John,
>>
>>     John Hendy wrote:
>>     > I can control a table font size directly from the .tex file like so:
>>     >
>>     > ---
>>     > \scriptsize{
>>     > \begin{center}
>>     > \begin{tabular}{lllrr}
>>     >
>>     > table entries here
>>     >
>>     > \end{tabular}
>>     > \end{center}
>>     > }
>>     > ---
>>     >
>>     > Any way to pass this from org-mode? Otherwise, I keep changing the org file,
>>     > exporting, and then having to add this to the tex file and re-export.
>>     >
>>     > I tried:
>>     > ---
>>     > #+begin_latex
>>     > \scriptsize{
>>     > #+end_latex
>>     >
>>     > |org|table|here|
>>     >
>>     > #+begin_latex
>>     > }
>>     > #+end_latex
>>     > ---
>>     >
>>     > without success.
>>
>>     You put the things in the wrong order:
>>
>>     1. put a group around some LaTeX commands
>>     2. add the macro \scriptsize in it
>>
>>     Hence:
>>
>>     #+begin_src org
>>      #+begin_latex
>>      {\scriptsize
>>      #+end_latex
>>
>>      |org|table|here|
>>
>>      #+begin_latex
>>      }
>>      #+end_latex
>>     #+end_src
>>
>>     should do it (not tested).
>>
>> I&#39;m getting this error upon export (no PDF created):
>> ---
>> ! Argument of \frame has an extra }.
>> <inserted text> 
>>                 \par 
>> l.142 }
>>        
>> Runaway argument?
>>  \par \par \par 
>> ! Paragraph ended before \frame was complete.
>> <to be read again> 
>>                    \par 
>> l.142 }
>>        
>> ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
>> <recently read> }
>>                  
>> l.142 }
>>        
>> ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
>> \endframe ->\egroup 
>>                     \begingroup \def \@currenvir {frame}
>> l.145 \end{frame}
>>                  
>> )
>> Runaway argument?
>> ---
>>
>> I&#39;m assuming something is not liking that dangling "}"...
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
> I didn&#39;t try Seb&#39;s workaround but your original solution almost works:
> what stops it is YAB in the latex exporter, but having been bitten by
> such a couple of times in the past, I applied my usual[fn:1] workaround
> and presto! it works:
>
> ,----
> |
> | * foo
> |
> | #+begin_latex
> | \scriptsize{ %}
> | #+end_latex
> |
> | #+tblname: foo
> | | table | here |
> | |-------+------|
> | | table | here |
> |
> | #+begin_latex
> | }
> | #+end_latex
> `----
> Awesome!! And now I recall seeing it before on the list. Very cool. 
>
> The opening brace on the \scriptsize line confuses the exporter and it
> leaves the table alone. Adding a commented-out closing brace unconfuses
> it.
>
> Nick
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [fn:1] Maybe I should add it to the FAQ?Perhaps -- the tough things is that an issue with braces is not what I would have expected the problem was. I thought I just wasn&#39;t combining things right or that the org exporter was making something like this impossible based on how it parsed the text. In any case, yes, it would be cool to have in public written somewhere. Thanks! 
>

Aloha all,

This appears to work for tabular environments only.  When I add a
caption the table is set normalsize and the text following it is set
scriptsize. Or, am I doing something wrong?

All the best,
Tom

-- 
Thomas S. Dye
http://www.tsdye.com

  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-24 19:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 217+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-24 15:54 Passing font size to exported LaTeX table John Hendy
2011-05-24 16:44 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-05-24 18:57   ` John Hendy
2011-05-24 19:25     ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-24 19:31       ` John Hendy
2011-05-24 19:58         ` Thomas S. Dye [this message]
2011-05-24 20:42           ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-24 21:12             ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-24 21:19               ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-25  7:22                 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-27  0:58                   ` suvayu ali
2011-05-27  6:46                     ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-27  7:07                       ` suvayu ali
2011-05-27 16:17                         ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-27 16:50                           ` Suvayu Ali
2011-05-27 17:37                             ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-27 18:30                               ` Suvayu Ali
2011-05-27 21:25                                 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-28  7:17                                   ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-05-28 10:14                                     ` Suvayu Ali
2011-05-28 15:21                                       ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-28 18:10                                         ` Suvayu Ali
2011-06-01 18:50                                   ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-01 19:08                                     ` Suvayu Ali
2011-06-10 22:31                                       ` Suvayu Ali
2011-06-13  1:38                                         ` suvayu ali
2011-06-13  1:52                                         ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-13  2:40                                           ` Suvayu Ali
2011-06-13  3:29                                             ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-13  3:45                                           ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-13  4:27                                             ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-13  4:56                                               ` Suvayu Ali
2011-06-13  5:29                                                 ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-13  6:42                                                   ` Suvayu Ali
2011-05-24 20:06         ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-24 19:42       ` Sebastien Vauban
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2013-03-19 21:40 python sessions Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-20  0:04 ` John Hendy
2013-03-20  3:07   ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-20  6:44     ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 12:54       ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-20 14:08         ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-20 14:28           ` Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-20 17:21         ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20  7:08   ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 15:38     ` John Hendy
2013-03-20 15:42       ` John Hendy
2013-03-20 16:06       ` Nick Dokos
     [not found]         ` <CAFChFygsUeBejEY6m2bSU0C5cjLYz0nUADH=s+BYxajfZ2sKKQ@mail.gmail.com>
2013-03-20 16:12           ` Fwd: " Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-20 17:08         ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 17:25           ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-20 17:54             ` John Hendy
2013-03-20 18:15               ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-20 18:32                 ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-20 18:39                   ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-20 18:43                   ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 19:42                     ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-20 19:53                       ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 20:12                         ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-20 20:25                           ` Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-20 22:06                             ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-20 18:42                 ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 19:01             ` Andreas Röhler
     [not found]       ` <CAFChFygPrhuHHyMo2Vk2_OdksWVB=oACA7jnOXN+itUNqh-nqw@mail.gmail.com>
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2013-03-21  1:22             ` Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-21  1:54               ` John Hendy
2013-03-21  1:56                 ` Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-21  7:42                   ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-21  7:43                     ` Bastien
2013-03-21  8:13                       ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-23 22:07                         ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-24  1:29                           ` John Hendy
2013-03-24 22:59                             ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-25  2:38                               ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-25  2:59                                 ` John Hendy
2013-03-25  6:34                                   ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-25 15:40                                   ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-25 15:55                                     ` John Hendy
2013-03-25 16:07                                       ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-25 16:41                                         ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-25 16:01                                     ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-25 16:23                                       ` John Hendy
2013-03-25 16:43                                         ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-25 17:27                                           ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-25 17:41                                             ` John Hendy
2013-03-25 18:16                                               ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-25 19:30                                             ` Ivan Andrus
2013-03-24  7:47                           ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-24 14:47                             ` John Hendy
2013-03-24 15:30                               ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-24 16:58                               ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-24 16:59                                 ` John Hendy
2013-03-24 18:41                                   ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-25 20:46                                     ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-25 21:37                                       ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-26  6:29                                         ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-26 12:32                                           ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-26 21:41                                             ` Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-26 21:47                                               ` John Hendy
2013-03-27  6:19                                               ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-30  7:19                                                 ` Andreas Röhler
2012-10-31  6:12 Bug? R: Org babel block execution *drastically* slower than in ESS session directly John Hendy
2012-10-31 16:41 ` cberry
2012-10-31 17:18   ` John Hendy
2012-10-31 20:12     ` cberry
2012-10-31 20:23       ` John Hendy
2012-10-31 20:56         ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-10-31 23:00           ` Nick Dokos
2012-10-31 22:53         ` Nick Dokos
2012-11-01 14:53           ` John Hendy
2012-11-01 15:38             ` Nick Dokos
2012-11-01 18:17               ` John Hendy
2012-11-01 18:18               ` John Hendy
2012-11-01 18:48                 ` Nick Dokos
2012-11-14  3:27                   ` Aaron Ecay
2012-11-14  4:52                     ` John Hendy
2012-11-14  6:32                       ` Aaron Ecay
2012-11-14  8:28                         ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-11-14  8:35                           ` Andreas Leha
2012-11-16 15:45                             ` Eric Schulte
2012-11-16 17:47                               ` Andreas Leha
2012-11-16 19:00                                 ` John Hendy
2012-11-16 20:25                                 ` Achim Gratz
2012-11-17 17:12                                   ` Eric Schulte
2012-11-18  0:41                               ` Aaron Ecay
2012-11-18  0:57                                 ` Eric Schulte
2012-11-18  1:41                                   ` Aaron Ecay
2012-11-19  1:18                                     ` Eric Schulte
2012-11-19  5:11                                       ` Eric Schulte
2012-08-26 20:11 Alternate format for datetree c b
2012-08-27  1:16 ` John Hendy
2012-08-27  4:04   ` Nick Dokos
2012-08-27  6:08     ` John Hendy
2012-08-28  8:49       ` Ian Barton
2012-08-28 12:49         ` Nick Dokos
2012-08-28 12:50         ` Nick Dokos
2012-08-29  7:49           ` Ian Barton
     [not found]             ` <lists@manor-farm.org>
2012-08-29 14:17               ` Nick Dokos
2012-08-29 14:25             ` John Hendy
2012-08-29 20:01               ` Ian Barton
2012-09-06  7:46                 ` Ian Barton
2012-09-06  5:42       ` c b
2012-09-06  6:26         ` Nick Dokos
2012-09-06  7:00         ` Jambunathan K
2012-09-06 15:33         ` John Hendy
2012-09-06 16:08           ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2011-11-02  2:22 Pass LaTeX exporter option prior to \documentclass John Hendy
2011-11-02  2:43 ` suvayu ali
2011-11-02 10:30   ` suvayu ali
2011-11-03 17:48     ` John Hendy
2011-11-03 17:55       ` suvayu ali
2011-11-03 18:07         ` John Hendy
2011-11-04 17:29           ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-04 19:29             ` suvayu ali
2011-10-19 14:54 Prompt for time when clocking in? Nathan Neff
2011-10-19 15:12 ` John Hendy
2011-10-19 15:35   ` Nick Dokos
2011-10-20 16:15     ` Nathan Neff
2011-10-20 17:09       ` Nick Dokos
2011-10-20 17:44         ` Nathan Neff
2011-10-19 16:37 ` Bernt Hansen
2011-08-05 22:15 Handling errors in command line exporting of agenda? John Hendy
2011-08-05 23:34 ` suvayu ali
2011-08-05 23:35   ` suvayu ali
2011-08-08 18:12   ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 18:28     ` suvayu ali
2011-08-08 18:53       ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 18:59         ` suvayu ali
2011-08-08 19:48           ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 20:22             ` suvayu ali
2011-08-08 20:31               ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 20:33               ` Nick Dokos
2011-08-08 20:37             ` Nick Dokos
2011-08-08 20:54               ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 21:09                 ` Nick Dokos
2011-08-08 21:27                   ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 21:30               ` suvayu ali
2011-08-08 22:17                 ` Nick Dokos
2011-08-08 21:46             ` suvayu ali
2011-06-15 10:29 BUG: Newest org-mode interferes with desktop save Rainer M Krug
2011-06-15 16:49 ` Eric Schulte
2011-06-15 17:35   ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-15 18:23     ` Rainer M Krug
2011-06-15 18:21   ` Rainer M Krug
2011-06-15 18:31     ` Eric Schulte
2011-06-15 18:59       ` Rainer M Krug
2011-06-15 22:40         ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-16  7:15           ` Rainer M Krug
2011-06-16  7:29             ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-16  8:22               ` Rainer M Krug
2010-08-21 19:30 Gnuplot unevenly spaced non-numeric data plot? John Hendy
2010-08-21 20:35 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-08-21 20:41 ` Nick Dokos
2010-08-21 21:11   ` John Hendy
2010-08-21 22:41     ` John Hendy
2010-08-21 23:17       ` Nick Dokos
2010-08-23 14:22         ` John Hendy
2010-08-23 15:16           ` Nick Dokos
     [not found]             ` <AANLkTi=WTLBL1Giq0GTrjCo-A1s=iP4u1Qxn57cH-xnB@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]               ` <AANLkTimSVm=-2o39CQ9wSMT276Dee4Tuj9jLKJH-c+cd@mail.gmail.com>
2010-08-24  2:44                 ` [For Worg?] " John Hendy
2010-08-24  5:25                   ` suvayu ali
2010-08-24  5:56               ` Nick Dokos
2010-08-25  0:32                 ` Eric Schulte
2010-08-25  1:06                   ` John Hendy
2010-08-25  1:35                     ` Eric Schulte
2010-08-25 18:38                       ` John Hendy
2010-08-25 18:52                         ` Eric Schulte
     [not found]         ` <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
2012-03-12 21:13           ` Beamer specific setupfile? John Hendy
2012-03-12 21:48             ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-12 22:09               ` John Hendy
2012-03-12 22:30                 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-12 22:44                   ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-13  5:02                     ` John Hendy
2012-03-13  5:46                       ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-25  8:16                         ` Eric Fraga
2012-04-25  8:59                           ` Eric Fraga
2012-03-12 23:01                 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-12 21:51             ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-12 22:05             ` Nick Dokos

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