Re: Passing font size to exported LaTeX table

["Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>]

Hi John and Nick,

Nick Dokos wrote:
> John Hendy <jw.hendy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Sebastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> wrote:
>>     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 [...]
>>     > 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?

Now, a real-life example that used to work -- and still does!

#+LaTeX: {\fontsize{3.8}{4.2}\selectfont

#+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id local
| Task                 |  Orig. |   Time | Estim. | PRIOR | SCHEDULED | DEADLINE |
|----------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-----------+----------|
| * POC                | 856:00 | 698:50 | 775:55 |       |           |          |
| ** Setup             |  32:00 |   2:00 |  10:00 |       |           |          |
| *** Bugs or features |        |  32:05 |   0:15 |       |           |          |
| *** TODO Caching?    |        |        |        |       |           |          |
#+END:

#+LaTeX: }

So, diffs are here:

- I'm using an explicit size
- I don't use LaTeX blocks but just LaTeX one-liners


> 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
> `----
>
> The opening brace on the \scriptsize line confuses the exporter and it
> leaves the table alone. Adding a commented-out closing brace unconfuses
> it.
>
> [fn:1] Maybe I should add it to the FAQ?

Asking the question is answering it... ;-)

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sébastien Vauban