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

> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Sharon Kimble
> <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to use 'sideways' with an org-mode table being exported to
>> latex. But its not working. This is my table header -
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> #+CAPTION: Table of Parochial Fees from 1 January 2017 - Funerals, Burials and Monuments (cite:0204).
>> #+ATTR_LATEX: :booktabs t :environment longtable :float sideways
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> If I don't have ':environment longtable' then the pdf compiling fails saying that -
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> ! LaTeX Error: Environment sidewaystable undefined.
>>
>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>  ...
>>
>> l.12122 \begin{sidewaystable}
>>                              [htbp]
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> So how can I use 'sideways' with a table please? Its not clear exactly
>> what to do from the org-mode manual, and google doesn't provide any
>> solutions either.
>>
>
> I've run into this question before, but am not sure this is the same
> thread I resolved it:
> - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2014-03/msg00373.html
>
> Namely: #+attr_latex: :float sidewaystable
>
> Another option I use regularly:
> - https://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg110703.html
>
> Namely: lscape pacakge longtable
>
>
Thanks for this John.

I've finally got it to work by using this -

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+latex_header: \usepackage{lscape}


#+latex: \begin{landscape}
#+CAPTION: Table of Parochial Fees from 1 January 2017 - Funerals, Burials and Monuments (cite:0204).
#+ATTR_LATEX: :booktabs t
blah
#+latex: \end{landscape}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Not quite an org-mode success, but at least its working.

Thanks
Sharon.
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