superscripts, tables and latex

superscripts, tables and latex

[Peter Rayner]

I'm trying to export a simple table to latex with the only catch being
it has some units I need to superscript.
Here is the org code
----------------------------------------------------------------------
#+Options: num:nil toc:nil


* section heading

  Objective    Temporal scale    Spatial Scale (km)         Requirement     
 ------------+-----------------+--------------------------+-------------+--- 
  Vegetation   Weekly (target)   200–1000  0.3gC m^{-2} d^{-1}
 Land surface  Annual  2000  5/25 g C m^{-2} yr^{-1}
 Ocean fluxes  Annual  2500  3 g C m^{-2} yr^{-1}
 Anthropogenic  Annual  300  4 g C m^{-2} yr^{-1}


| Objective  | Temporal scale  | Spatial Scale (km)       | Requirement |   
|------------+-----------------+--------------------------+-------------+---|
| Vegetation | Weekly (target) | 200–1000 |0.3gC m^{-2} d^{-1}
|Land surface |Annual |2000 |5/25 g C m^{-2} yr^{-1}
|Ocean fluxes |Annual |2500 |3 g C m^{-2} yr^{-1}
|Anthropogenic |Annual |300 |4 g C m^{-2} yr^{-1}
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It has the text of the table with the pipe characters removed then the
table itself.
Here is the latex it generates
----------------------------------------------------------------------
% Created 2012-09-06 Thu 22:27
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\tolerance=1000
\providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}}

\title{test}
\author{Peter Rayner}
\date{\today}
\hypersetup{
  pdfkeywords={},
  pdfsubject={},
  pdfcreator={Emacs Org-mode version N/A}}

\begin{document}

\maketitle



\section*{section heading}
\label{sec-1}

CO$_2$ CO$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ 0.3gC m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ y$^{\mathrm{-1}}$

  Objective    Temporal scale    Spatial Scale (km)         Requirement     
 ------------+-----------------+--------------------------+-------------+--- 
  Vegetation   Weekly (target)   200–1000  0.3gC m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ d$^{\mathrm{-1}}$
 Land surface  Annual  2000  5/25 g C m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ yr$^{\mathrm{-1}}$
 Ocean fluxes  Annual  2500  3 g C m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ yr$^{\mathrm{-1}}$
 Anthropogenic  Annual  300  4 g C m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ yr$^{\mathrm{-1}}$



\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{llrl}
 Objective      &  Temporal scale   &  Spatial Scale (km)  &  Requirement                  \\
\hline
 Vegetation     &  Weekly (target)  &            200–1000  &  0.3gC m^\{-2\} d^\{-1\}      \\
 Land surface   &  Annual           &                2000  &  5/25 g C m^\{-2\} yr^\{-1\}  \\
 Ocean fluxes   &  Annual           &                2500  &  3 g C m^\{-2\} yr^\{-1\}     \\
 Anthropogenic  &  Annual           &                 300  &  4 g C m^\{-2\} yr^\{-1\}     \\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\end{document}
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
In the untabulated text the ^{-2} is being replaced with math
delimiters while in the tabulated version the braces are being quoted. 
This doesn't seem to happen when I export to html where both versions
get superscripted. This could be a bug but it's more likely something
I'm misunderstanding, can someone enlighten me?
please reply directly as well as to the list, I'm behind on my mailing
list browsing.
thanks in advance
Peter
 

 


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Re: superscripts, tables and latex

[Nick Dokos]

Peter Rayner <peter.julien.rayner@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to export a simple table to latex with the only catch being
> it has some units I need to superscript.
> Here is the org code
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ..
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> It has the text of the table with the pipe characters removed then the
> table itself.
> Here is the latex it generates
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ...
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> In the untabulated text the ^{-2} is being replaced with math
> delimiters while in the tabulated version the braces are being quoted.
> 
> This doesn't seem to happen when I export to html where both versions
> get superscripted. This could be a bug but it's more likely something
> I'm misunderstanding, can someone enlighten me?
> please reply directly as well as to the list, I'm behind on my mailing
> list browsing.

The standard latex exporter does indeed mishandle this, but unless it is
a very easy fix, it's unlikely to be fixed: the exporter is on its way
out.

If you can, please use Nicolas Goaziou's new exporter: it handles the
situation correctly.

Assuming you are running a recent version of org, you can install it
alongside the old one. Just add the following to your init file (with
the path modified appropriately):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/contrib/lisp"))
(require 'org-export)
(require 'org-e-ascii) ; if you want
(require 'org-e-html)  ; if you want
(require 'org-e-latex)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

In my case, I bind the new exporter dispatch to a key sequence, but that
is strictly optional. In addition, when the switchover is complete and
the old exporter is thrown overboard, C-c C-e will be the official
binding. In the meantime, something like this

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c E") 'org-export-dispatch)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

will allow you to invoke it with C-c E (which is officially undefined
currently). But you can always skip the define-key stuff and invoke it
the long way:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
M-x org-export-dispatch RET
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Nick

Re: superscripts, tables and latex

[Jambunathan K]

Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:

> (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/contrib/lisp"))
> (require 'org-export)
> (require 'org-e-ascii) ; if you want
> (require 'org-e-html)  ; if you want
> (require 'org-e-latex)

I do this:

    C-x C-f ~/src/org-mode/contrib/lisp/
    M-x update-directory-autoloads RET RET org-contrib-install.el
    ;; Note the two RETs above
    (require 'org-contrib-install) ;; in .emacs

ps: one more install.el file to knock our heads over :-).
-- 

Re: superscripts, tables and latex

[Nick Dokos]

Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> Assuming you are running a recent version of org, you can install it
> alongside the old one. Just add the following to your init file (with
> the path modified appropriately):
> 

I should have said "you can use it ...", instead of "you can install it ...".
What I described is not an installation method.

Nick

Re: superscripts, tables and latex

[Peter Rayner]

Nick Dokos writes:
... description of using new exporter 
This doesn't *appear* to help. I say "appear" because I can never be
absolutely sure I'm using the new exporter. I accessed it with
m-x org-export-dispatch
l
which generates 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
% Created 2012-09-07 Fri 14:30
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\tolerance=1000
\providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
\author{Peter Rayner}
\date{\today}
\title{test}
\hypersetup{
  pdfkeywords={},
  pdfsubject={},
  pdfcreator={Generated by Org mode N/A in Emacs 24.1.1.}}
\begin{document}

\maketitle


\section*{section heading}
\label{sec-1}

 Objective    Temporal scale    Spatial Scale (km)         Requirement     
------------+-----------------+--------------------------+-------------+--- 
 Vegetation   Weekly (target)   200–1000  0.3gC m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ d$^{\mathrm{-1}}$
Land surface  Annual  2000  5/25 g C m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ yr$^{\mathrm{-1}}$
Ocean fluxes  Annual  2500  3 g C m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ yr$^{\mathrm{-1}}$
Anthropogenic  Annual  300  4 g C m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ yr$^{\mathrm{-1}}$


\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{llrl}
Objective & Temporal scale & Spatial Scale (km) & Requirement\\
\hline
Vegetation & Weekly (target) & 200–1000 & 0.3gC m\^\{-2\} d\^\{-1\}\\
Land surface & Annual & 2000 & 5/25 g C m\^\{-2\} yr\^\{-1\}\\
Ocean fluxes & Annual & 2500 & 3 g C m\^\{-2\} yr\^\{-1\}\\
Anthropogenic & Annual & 300 & 4 g C m\^\{-2\} yr\^\{-1\}\\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
% Generated by Org mode N/A in Emacs 24.1.1.
\end{document}
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It looks sufficiently different from the previous version to convince
me it is the new exporter being used here but with the same problem.
thanks again
Peter


>

-- 
Peter Rayner
room 343 
School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, 3010, Vic, Australia
tel: work: +61 (0)3 8344 9708; fax: +61 (0)3 8344 7761 
mobile +61 402 752 379, skype: petermorag 
mail-to: prayner@unimelb.edu.au

and
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http://www.climmod.com
mail-to: Peter.Rayner@climmod.com

Re: superscripts, tables and latex

[Nick Dokos]

Peter Rayner <prayner@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

> Nick Dokos writes:
> ... description of using new exporter=20
> This doesn't *appear* to help. I say "appear" because I can never be
> absolutely sure I'm using the new exporter. I accessed it with
> m-x org-export-dispatch
> l
> which generates=20
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> % Created 2012-09-07 Fri 14:30
> \documentclass[11pt]{article}
> \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \usepackage{fixltx2e}
> \usepackage{graphicx}
> \usepackage{longtable}
> \usepackage{float}
> \usepackage{wrapfig}
> \usepackage{soul}
> \usepackage{textcomp}
> \usepackage{marvosym}
> \usepackage{wasysym}
> \usepackage{latexsym}
> \usepackage{amssymb}
> \usepackage{hyperref}
> \tolerance=3D1000
> \providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
> \author{Peter Rayner}
> \date{\today}
> \title{test}
> \hypersetup{
>   pdfkeywords=3D{},
>   pdfsubject=3D{},
>   pdfcreator=3D{Generated by Org mode N/A in Emacs 24.1.1.}}
> \begin{document}
> 
> \maketitle
> 
> 
> \section*{section heading}
> \label{sec-1}
> 
>  Objective    Temporal scale    Spatial Scale (km)         Requirement =
>    =20
> ------------+-----------------+--------------------------+-------------=
> +---=20
>  Vegetation   Weekly (target)   200=E2=80=931000  0.3gC m$^{\mathrm{-2}=
> }$ d$^{\mathrm{-1}}$
> Land surface  Annual  2000  5/25 g C m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ yr$^{\mathrm{-1}=
> }$
> Ocean fluxes  Annual  2500  3 g C m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ yr$^{\mathrm{-1}}$
> Anthropogenic  Annual  300  4 g C m$^{\mathrm{-2}}$ yr$^{\mathrm{-1}}$
> 
> 
> \begin{center}
> \begin{tabular}{llrl}
> Objective & Temporal scale & Spatial Scale (km) & Requirement\\
> \hline
> Vegetation & Weekly (target) & 200=E2=80=931000 & 0.3gC m\^\{-2\} d\^\{=
> -1\}\\
> Land surface & Annual & 2000 & 5/25 g C m\^\{-2\} yr\^\{-1\}\\
> Ocean fluxes & Annual & 2500 & 3 g C m\^\{-2\} yr\^\{-1\}\\
> Anthropogenic & Annual & 300 & 4 g C m\^\{-2\} yr\^\{-1\}\\
> \end{tabular}
> \end{center}
> % Generated by Org mode N/A in Emacs 24.1.1.
> \end{document}
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> It looks sufficiently different from the previous version to convince
> me it is the new exporter being used here but with the same problem.
> thanks again
> Peter
> 

I get:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
% Created 2012-09-07 Fri 00:54
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[pdfborder={0,0,0},colorlinks=true]{hyperref}
\tolerance=1000
\usepackage{minted}
\author{Nick Dokos}
\date{\today}
\title{superscripts-in-table}
\hypersetup{
  pdfkeywords={},
  pdfsubject={},
  pdfcreator={Generated by Org mode 7.9.1 in Emacs 24.1.50.1.}}
\begin{document}

\maketitle


\section*{section heading}
\label{sec-1}

Objective    Temporal scale    Spatial Scale (km)         Requirement
------------+-----------------+--------------------------+-------------+---
Vegetation   Weekly (target)   200=E2=80=931000  0.3gC m$^\mathrm{-2}$ d$^\mathrm{-1}$
Land surface  Annual  2000  5/25 g C m$^\mathrm{-2}$ yr$^\mathrm{-1}$
Ocean fluxes  Annual  2500  3 g C m$^\mathrm{-2}$ yr$^\mathrm{-1}$
Anthropogenic  Annual  300  4 g C m$^\mathrm{-2}$ yr$^\mathrm{-1}$


\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{llrl}
Objective & Temporal scale & Spatial Scale (km) & Requirement\\
 &  &  & \\
\hline
Vegetation & Weekly (target) & 200=E2=80=931000 & 0.3gC m$^\mathrm{-2}$ d$^\mathrm{-1}$\\
Land surface & Annual & 2000 & 5/25 g C m$^\mathrm{-2}$ yr$^\mathrm{-1}$\\
Ocean fluxes & Annual & 2500 & 3 g C m$^\mathrm{-2}$ yr$^\mathrm{-1}$\\
Anthropogenic & Annual & 300 & 4 g C m$^\mathrm{-2}$ yr$^\mathrm{-1}$\\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
% Generated by Org mode 7.9.1 in Emacs 24.1.50.1.
\end{document}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


with  the versions indicated above. Apart from the mangled Vegatation Spatial
Scale entry (something that some mailer did along the way), everything
else looks good to me.

Nick

Re: superscripts, tables and latex

[Peter Rayner]

Hmm, at the moment this still isn't working. The following compile log
is possibly relevant:
Leaving directory `/home/prayner/'
\f
Compiling file /home/prayner/packages/org-mode/contrib/lisp/org-e-latex.el at Fri Sep  7 22:28:37 2012
Entering directory `/home/prayner/packages/org-mode/contrib/lisp/'
org-e-latex.el:49:1:Error: Wrong type argument: listp, org-e-latex-center-block

the problem still occurs when I call org-e-latex-export-to-latex
this is from the latest pull from the repository. It must be something
wrong in my setup but I'm afraid I'm at my wit's end.
Any pointers for debugging much appreciated.
regards
Peter


-- 
Peter Rayner
room 343 
School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, 3010, Vic, Australia
tel: work: +61 (0)3 8344 9708; fax: +61 (0)3 8344 7761 
mobile +61 402 752 379, skype: petermorag 
mail-to: prayner@unimelb.edu.au

and
CLIMMOD ENGINEERING
http://www.climmod.com
mail-to: Peter.Rayner@climmod.com

Re: superscripts, tables and latex

[Nick Dokos]

Peter Rayner <peter.julien.rayner@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm, at the moment this still isn't working. The following compile log
> is possibly relevant:
> Leaving directory `/home/prayner/'
> \f
> Compiling file /home/prayner/packages/org-mode/contrib/lisp/org-e-latex.el at Fri Sep  7 22:28:37 2012
> Entering directory `/home/prayner/packages/org-mode/contrib/lisp/'
> org-e-latex.el:49:1:Error: Wrong type argument: listp, org-e-latex-center-block
> 

I just pulled, added the ORG_ADD_CONTRIB line (see
http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-build-system.html#sec-4 for more info)
and did a make: I get no errors. Here is my version info

Org-mode version 7.9.1 (release_7.9.1-152-g0ad009 @ /home/nick/elisp/org-mode/lisp/)
GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.4) of 2012-07-28 on alphaville

> the problem still occurs when I call org-e-latex-export-to-latex
> this is from the latest pull from the repository. It must be something
> wrong in my setup but I'm afraid I'm at my wit's end.

I'm sorry my suggestion is causing you so much pain: all I can say is I
don't see these problems. Maybe you can tell us a bit more about your
install (machine, OS, emacs version, org version)?  Also what package
you downloaded and from where and how you are building it.

Nick