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From: Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net>
Subject: Re: Enginnering notation in tables exported to LaTeX
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 14:43:22 -0600
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On 4/7/16 1:15 AM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> writes:
> 
>> when exporting to LaTeX, numbers expressed in engineering notation
>> contained in tables are transformed into a quite confusing notation:
>> 1.234e5 becomes 1.234\,(5) which is rendered by LaTeX as 1.234 (5) with
>> the space being a very narrow one. This notation is confusing because it
>> is usually used (at l;east in physical sciences) to indicate uncertainty.
>>
>> I haven't found mention of this in the manual. There is a way to
>> disable, or customize this conversion?
> 
> See `org-latex-table-scientific-notation'.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Daniele