Re: How to specify column alignment in LaTeX table output?

[Richard H Stanton <rhstanton@berkeley.edu>]

> On Jan 10, 2025, at 10:59 AM, Rens Oliemans <hallo@rensoliemans.nl> wrote:
> 
> Richard H Stanton <rhstanton@berkeley.edu> writes:
> 
>> Here’s an example:
>> 
>> #+begin_src python :results output replace raw 
>> print("a")
>> #+end_src
>> 
>> Every time I run this code block, I get another line containing “a”. If I don't use the raw option, e.g.,
>> 
>> #+begin_src python :results output
>> print("a")
>> #+end_src
>> 
>> the multiple-output problem goes away, but now it appears as 
>> 
>> #+RESULTS:
>> : a
>> 
>> ...
>> 
>> But is there a “preferred” way to output arbitrary text (e.g., LaTeX equations) from Python code blocks so that they compile fine *and* don’t append?
> 
> Generally, I don't know. Perhaps someone else can enlighten us on this part.
> 
> Since you are using \begin{equation} which is definitively LaTeX-specific, you
> can always use the "latex" header option, say
> 
>    #+begin_src python :results output latex
>      print("a")
>    #+end_src
> 
>    #+RESULTS:
>    #+begin_export latex
>    a
>    #+end_export
> 
> This is more or less what you had with your flushleft drawer, so I'm not sure
> whether this fixes anything or not.

If you do this, the output doesn’t show if you export to HTML. flushleft and the :results: drawer both seem to work fine exporting to both PDF and HTML.