From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Enginnering notation in tables exported to LaTeX Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 09:15:14 +0200 Message-ID: <87egah99fh.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> References: <5705C18A.6040900@grinta.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46303) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ao47n-0000Dp-UB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2016 03:13:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ao47n-0003E6-2K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2016 03:13:07 -0400 Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:c:538::196]:40269) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ao47m-0003Dw-Sx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2016 03:13:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5705C18A.6040900@grinta.net> (Daniele Nicolodi's message of "Wed, 6 Apr 2016 20:10:18 -0600") 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: Daniele Nicolodi Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hello, Daniele Nicolodi 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'. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou