Re: Align argument in #+attr_latex for tabular env. is whitespace sensitive

[John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:
> John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Was not getting the results I expected from #+attr_latex, so I created
>>>> a simplified table to test:
>>>>
>>>> #+begin_src org
>>>>
>>>> Centered (will be sent to LaTeX as =\begin{tabular}{cc}=:
>>>>
>>>> #+attr_latex: align=cc
>>>> | test           | test |
>>>> | test of longer | test |
>>>>
>>>> Left aligned (will be sent to LaTeX as =\begin{tabular}{ll}=:
>>>>
>>>> #+attr_latex: align = cc
>>>> | test           | test |
>>>> | test of longer | test |
>>>>
>>>> #+end_src
>>>>
>>>> If there's reason for this, I can change my habits. I guess from
>>>> various tidy programming habits, I'm just in the practice of
>>>> separating equal signs with surrounding white space for easier
>>>> readability. For what it's worth, these two behave identically:
>>>>
>>>> #+attr_latex: width=5cm
>>>> #+attr_latex: width = 5cm
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure why the tabular align argument is behaving differently.
>>>
>>> This syntax is wrong anyway. It should be:
>>>
>>>   #+attr_latex: :width "5cm"
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>>   #+attr_latex: :width 5cm
>>>
>>> The same goes for :align. Also, for simple alignment strings, you can
>>> provide align cookies within the table.
>>
>> Ah. Very good to know. Is this documented?
>
> It was only announced on this ML.
>
>> This is the syntax I use for babel blocks, but I've never seen it for
>> #+attr_latex. The manual also doesn't show any =:option "value"=
>> methods, at least in my initial peruse:
>> - http://orgmode.org/manual/Tables-in-LaTeX-export.html
>> - http://orgmode.org/manual/Images-in-LaTeX-export.html#Images-in-LaTeX-export
>>
>> It's all in `option=value` format.
>>
>> Is your syntax (including the comment about cookies, as I haven't seen
>> that in the org manual either) relevant for the old exporter, or only
>> the new one? As I said, this is using the old exporter and I haven't
>> migrated over yet...
>
> The Babel-like syntax is only relevant for the new exporter.
>
> The old exporter had some support for align cookies in table (depending
> on the back-end).
>

Good to know. I guess this gives me reason to switch over!

John

>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou