From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: Passing font size to exported LaTeX table Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:08:25 -0700 Message-ID: <20110601120825.4ae3d622@kuru.homelinux.net> References: <80oc2s3v6k.fsf@somewhere.org> <5180.1306265114@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <6073.1306269772@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <6564.1306271566@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <6636.1306271949@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <20110527095013.385082e0@bhishma.homelinux.net> <20110527113013.253f79d9@bhishma.homelinux.net> <8988.1306954234@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53240) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QRqmS-0002HH-9e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:08:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QRqmP-0003SM-Ra for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:08:35 -0400 Received: from mail-pv0-f169.google.com ([74.125.83.169]:57507) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QRqmP-0003Ri-AR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:08:33 -0400 Received: by pvc12 with SMTP id 12so63497pvc.0 for ; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:08:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8988.1306954234@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> 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: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: Sebastien Vauban , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Nick, A very big thank you for that crystal clear code commentary. On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:50:34 -0400 Nick Dokos wrote: > I've tried to keep a neutral tone in (most of) the rest of > the mail, but I have to say that I think clever hacks like this are > too clever for their own good - they are at best an accident of > implementation. The fact that the trick uses the placement option in > order to change the font testifies to that. After the very clear description above, I agree 100%. I will remove my addition to the manual and instead try to improve the #+ATTR_LaTeX: documentation based on your code commentary. At the moment I am facing a very important deadline for the 8th of June, I will submit a revised patch after that. > They should certainly be documented as hacks on Worg, but I'm not sure > they should be documented in the manual. Of course, it may happen that > a really good hack (by some definition of "really good") should be > elevated to a standard and documented in the manual, but IMO this one > does not qualify. > Along with the revisions for the manual, I will document my hack on Worg. > Comments, corrections, additions are more than welcome. > Thanks a lot! :) > Nick -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.