From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Passing font size to exported LaTeX table Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 16:06:46 -0400 Message-ID: <5505.1306267606@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> References: <80oc2s3v6k.fsf@somewhere.org> <5180.1306265114@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41350) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QOxsO-0006mW-HL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 May 2011 16:06:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QOxsN-000274-K1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 May 2011 16:06:48 -0400 Received: from g6t0184.atlanta.hp.com ([15.193.32.61]:4025) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QOxsN-00026t-GU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 May 2011 16:06:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from John Hendy of "Tue\, 24 May 2011 14\:31\:43 CDT." 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: John Hendy Cc: Sebastien Vauban , nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org John Hendy wrote: > The opening brace on the \scriptsize line confuses the exporter and it > leaves the table alone. Adding a commented-out closing brace unconfus= es > it. >=20=20=20=20 > Nick >=20=20=20=20 > Footnotes: >=20=20=20=20 > [fn:1] Maybe I should add it to the FAQ? >=20 > 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!=C2=A0 >=20 >=20 The best debugging technique I can suggest here is to export to LaTeX and then look at the .tex file. It's usually clear what broke, who is responsible and, often, how to fix it. In this case, the org table looked untouched by the exporter, but when I got rid of the ``\scriptsize {'', the table was properly exported. Nick