Re: allow table* specification with #+ATTR_LaTeX:

["Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>]

Hi Eric,

The syntax for tabularx and tabulary includes a width specification  
that is a required argument:

\begin{tabulary}{<width>}{<align>} ... \end{tabulary}
\begin{tabularx}{<width>}{<align>} ... \end{tabularx}

This is typically set to something like \linewidth, \colwidth, or  
\textwidth, but might also take an absolute length like 250pt, 5in, etc.

All the best,
Tom

On Dec 16, 2010, at 4:43 AM, Eric Schulte wrote:

> The attached patch implements the behavior described previously, so  
> for
> example the following org
>
> #+begin_src org
>  #+CAPTION: A wide table with tabulary
>  #+LABEL: tbl:wide
>  #+ATTR_LaTeX: table* tabulary align=l|lp{3cm}r|l
>  | 1 | 2 | 3 |
>  | 4 | 5 | 6 |
>
>  #+CAPTION: A normal table with tabularx
>  #+LABEL: tbl:wide
>  #+ATTR_LaTeX: table tabularx align=l|lp{3cm}r|l
>  | 1 | 2 | 3 |
>  | 4 | 5 | 6 |
> #+end_src
>
> exports to the following latex
>
> #+begin_src latex
>  \begin{table*}[htb]
>  \caption{A wide table with tabulary} \label{tbl:wide}
>  \begin{center}
>  \begin{tabulary}{l|lp{3cm}r|l}
>   1  &  2  &  3  \\
>   4  &  5  &  6  \\
>  \end{tabulary}
>  \end{center}
>  \end{table*}
>
>
>  \begin{table}[htb]
>  \caption{A normal table with tabularx} \label{tbl:wide}
>  \begin{center}
>  \begin{tabularx}{l|lp{3cm}r|l}
>   1  &  2  &  3  \\
>   4  &  5  &  6  \\
>  \end{tabularx}
>  \end{center}
>  \end{table}
> #+end_src
>
> Does this behavior and patch look reasonable?  If I don't hear by the
> end of the day I will apply this patch, I just wanted to check first  
> on
> list as the export mechanisms aren't my personal area of expertise.
>
> Thanks -- Eric
>
> diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
> index a261171..66541de 100644
> --- a/lisp/org-latex.el
> +++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
> @@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING- 
> BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
>              (org-table-last-column-widths (copy-sequence
>                                             org-table-last-column- 
> widths))
>              fnum fields line lines olines gr colgropen line-fmt align
> -             caption shortn label attr floatp placement longtblp)
> +             caption shortn label attr floatp placement longtblp  
> tblenv tblrenv)
>         (if org-export-latex-tables-verbatim
>             (let* ((tbl (concat "\\begin{verbatim}\n" raw-table
>                                 "\\end{verbatim}\n")))
> @@ -1758,6 +1758,15 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING- 
> BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
>                          'org-label raw-table)
>                   longtblp (and attr (stringp attr)
>                                 (string-match "\\<longtable\\>" attr))
> +		  tblenv (if (and attr (stringp attr)
> +				  (string-match (regexp-quote "table*") attr))
> +			     "table*" "table")
> +		  org-export-latex-tabular-environment
> +		  (if (and attr (stringp attr)
> +			   (string-match (regexp-quote "tabularx") attr))
> +		      "tabularx"
> +		    (if (string-match (regexp-quote "tabulary") attr)
> +			"tabulary" org-export-latex-tabular-environment))
>                   align (and attr (stringp attr)
>                              (string-match "\\<align=\\([^ \t\n\r]+\ 
> \)" attr)
>                              (match-string 1 attr))
> @@ -1821,7 +1830,8 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING- 
> BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
>                        (concat
>                         (if longtblp
>                             (concat "\\begin{longtable}{" align "}\n")
> -                          (if floatp (format "\\begin{table}%s\n"  
> placement)))
> +                          (if floatp
> +			      (format "\\begin{%s}%s\n" tblenv placement)))
>                         (if floatp
>                             (format
>                              "\\caption%s{%s} %s"
> @@ -1852,7 +1862,7 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING- 
> BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
>                                               "\n\\end{center}\n"  
> "\n"))
>                         (if longtblp
>                             "\\end{longtable}"
> -                          (if floatp "\\end{table}"))))
> +                          (if floatp (format "\\end{%s}" tblenv)))))
>                       "\n\n"))))))))
>
> (defun org-export-latex-convert-table.el-table ()
>
> "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> Thanks for the informative list.  I had no idea LaTeX supported so  
>> many
>> table options.  How about I update the patch so that is supports the
>> following sets of mutually exclusive options...
>> - longtable :: wraps the table in a longtable with no table or  
>> tabular
>>               wrappers -- already implemented
>> - table* :: replaces =table= wrapper with =table*= wrapper,  
>> contains an
>>            inner tabular wrapper
>> - tabular[xy] :: specifies the inner tabular wrapping environment,  
>> only
>>                 one can be specified
>>
>> so for example, the following
>>
>> #+begin_src org
>>  #+CAPTION: A wide table
>>  #+LABEL: tbl:wide
>>  #+ATTR_LaTeX: table* tabulary align=l|lp{3cm}r|l
>>  | ... | ... |
>>  | ... | ... |
>> #+end_src
>>
>> results in the following
>>
>> #+begin_src latex
>>  \begin{table*}[htb]
>>  \caption{A wide table} \label{tbl:wide}
>>  \begin{center}
>>  \begin{tabulary}{l|lp{3cm}r|l}
>>   1  &  2  &  3  \\
>>   4  &  5  &  6  \\
>>  \end{tabulary}
>>  \end{center}
>>  \end{table*}
>> #+end_src
>>
>> Then the next question would be how to insert a =figure*= instead  
>> of a
>> simple =figure= environment.
>>
>> Thanks -- Eric
>>
>> Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hi Eric,
>>>
>>> It would be great to have a more general solution.  Tables are  
>>> hard to
>>> typeset, so it might take a while to come up with a good
>>> specification.  Here is what I know about the LaTeX side of things.
>>>
>>> ** LaTeX destinations for an Org-mode table
>>> *** Environments for typesetting a table
>>>    - table placed in the output where it occurs in the input
>>>    - all of these environments can be used on their own
>>> **** tabular
>>>     standard LaTeX environment, doesn't break across pages, no  
>>> caption
>>> **** tabularx
>>>     extended environment that can automatically calculate column
>>>     widths and wrap text within table cells, doesn't break across
>>>     pages, no caption
>>> **** tabulary
>>>     like tabularx, but tries harder to come up with optimal column
>>> widths
>>> **** supertabular
>>>     extended tabular environment that breaks across pages, includes
>>>     caption
>>> **** supertabular*
>>>     like supertabular, but for wide tables in a multicolumn page
>>>     layout
>>> **** mpsupertabular
>>>     like supertabular, but also handles footnotes within the table
>>> **** mpsupertabular*
>>>     like mpsupertabular, but for multicolumn page layouts
>>> **** longtable
>>>     extended tabular environment that breaks across pages and
>>>     includes a caption, but can't be used in a multicolumn page
>>>     layout
>>> *** Environment for floating a table and adding a caption
>>>    floats a table typeset by some other environment to a place in  
>>> the
>>>    output that LaTeX determines appropriate, probably not where it
>>>    occurs in the input
>>> **** =table=, single column document
>>>     typically wraps a =tabular=, =tabularx=, or =tabulary=  
>>> environment
>>> **** =table*=, multi-column document
>>>     typically wraps a =tabular=, =tabularx=, or =tabulary=  
>>> environment
>>> *** "Typical" uses
>>>    In our report production work we regularly use seven setups:
>>>    - table or table* wrapped around tabularx or tabular
>>>    - longtable
>>>    - tabular or tabularx on their own
>>>
>>> hth,
>>> Tom
>>> On Dec 15, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Eric Schulte wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> The attached patch allows the use of table* latex tables from  
>>>> within
>>>> Org
>>>> mode documents using the attr_latex lines, for example
>>>>
>>>> #+CAPTION: A wide table
>>>> #+LABEL: tbl:wide
>>>> #+ATTR_LaTeX: table* align=l|lp{3cm}r|l
>>>> | ... | ... |
>>>> | ... | ... |
>>>>
>>>> Should this be added, or should we put together a more general
>>>> solution
>>>> for different types of table environments?  Currently only  
>>>> longtable
>>>> is
>>>> supported.  Also, is there already a way to do this that I have
>>>> missed?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks -- Eric
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
>>>> index a261171..b7f48d3 100644
>>>> --- a/lisp/org-latex.el
>>>> +++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
>>>> @@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING-
>>>> BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
>>>>             (org-table-last-column-widths (copy-sequence
>>>>                                            org-table-last-column-
>>>> widths))
>>>>             fnum fields line lines olines gr colgropen line-fmt  
>>>> align
>>>> -             caption shortn label attr floatp placement longtblp)
>>>> +             caption shortn label attr floatp placement longtblp
>>>> tblenv)
>>>>        (if org-export-latex-tables-verbatim
>>>>            (let* ((tbl (concat "\\begin{verbatim}\n" raw-table
>>>>                                "\\end{verbatim}\n")))
>>>> @@ -1758,6 +1758,9 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING-
>>>> BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
>>>>                         'org-label raw-table)
>>>>                  longtblp (and attr (stringp attr)
>>>>                                (string-match "\\<longtable\\>"  
>>>> attr))
>>>> +		  tblenv (if (and attr (stringp attr)
>>>> +				  (string-match (regexp-quote "table*") attr))
>>>> +			     "table*" "table")
>>>>                  align (and attr (stringp attr)
>>>>                             (string-match "\\<align=\\([^ \t\n\r]+\
>>>> \)" attr)
>>>>                             (match-string 1 attr))
>>>> @@ -1821,7 +1824,8 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING-
>>>> BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
>>>>                       (concat
>>>>                        (if longtblp
>>>>                            (concat "\\begin{longtable}{" align "} 
>>>> \n")
>>>> -                          (if floatp (format "\\begin{table}%s\n"
>>>> placement)))
>>>> +                          (if floatp
>>>> +			      (format "\\begin{%s}%s\n" tblenv placement)))
>>>>                        (if floatp
>>>>                            (format
>>>>                             "\\caption%s{%s} %s"
>>>> @@ -1852,7 +1856,7 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING-
>>>> BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
>>>>                                              "\n\\end{center}\n"
>>>> "\n"))
>>>>                        (if longtblp
>>>>                            "\\end{longtable}"
>>>> -                          (if floatp "\\end{table}"))))
>>>> +                          (if floatp (format "\\end{%s}"  
>>>> tblenv)))))
>>>>                      "\n\n"))))))))
>>>>
>>>> (defun org-export-latex-convert-table.el-table ()
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