From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Alan E. Davis" Subject: Re: Long table, landscape or sideways, LaTeX PDF Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:11:45 +1000 Message-ID: References: <7953.1308114011@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <20110614222436.56069674@kuru.homelinux.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d647ca170cac04a5ba0868 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:42428) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWjKk-0005XX-4D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:12:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWjKh-0001IB-9Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:12:09 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:56052) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWjKg-0001He-9r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:12:06 -0400 Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so70190wyf.0 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:12:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110614222436.56069674@kuru.homelinux.net> 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: Suvayu Ali Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, org-mode --0016e6d647ca170cac04a5ba0868 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 This works. My table was quite wide: about two landscape sheets wide, so I was looking for a solution for width. Technically, I guess it's only a long table, if it's printed sideways? Don't know if that makes sense. Thank you for this. Good example. Alan 2011/6/15 Suvayu Ali > Hi Nick and Alan, > > On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:00:11 -0400 > Nick Dokos wrote: > > > suvayu ali wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Alan E. Davis > > > wrote: > > > > (I would > > > > like to use the \footnotesize feature also). > > > ... > > > > > > For the use of \footnotesize, you can look at the following Worg > > > page: > > > > Actually, I don't think the trick works with longtable - at least, I > > can't see any difference (checking the tex file shows no evidence of > > the attributes.) And fwiw, the other trick of resetting the size > > (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/42196/focus=42785) > > doesn't seem to work either - the commands are probably very > > different. In fact, trying to place a \footnotesize or \scriptsize > > into the tex file was a bust - I tried a few places and either got > > errors or no changes in size. So I don't know how to change the size > > in LaTeX, let alone in org. > > > > It works for me very smoothly. I have attached an example org file and > the exported tex and pdf files. > > > Nick > > > > > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > --0016e6d647ca170cac04a5ba0868 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This works.=A0 My table was quite wide: about two landscape sheets wide, so= I was looking for a solution for width.=A0 Technically, I guess it's o= nly a long table, if it's printed sideways?=A0 Don't know if that m= akes sense.

Thank you for this.=A0 Good example.

Alan

2011/6/15 Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
=
Hi Nick and Alan,

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:00:11 -0400
Nick Dokos <n= icholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote= :
>
> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > (I would
> > > like to use the \footnotesize feature also).
> > ...
> >
> > For the use of \footnotesize, you can look at the following Worg<= br> > > page: <http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.html#sec-1_6_1>
>
> Actually, I don't think the trick works with longtable - at least,= I
> can't see any difference (checking the tex file shows no evidence = of
> the attributes.) And fwiw, the other trick of resetting the size
> (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/42196/= focus=3D42785)
> doesn't seem to work either - the commands are probably very
> different. In fact, trying to place a \footnotesize or \scriptsize
> into the tex file was a bust - I tried a few places and either got
> errors or no changes in size. So I don't know how to change the si= ze
> in LaTeX, let alone in org.
>

It works for me very smoothly. I have attached an example org f= ile and
the exported tex and pdf files.

> Nick
>



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Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

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