Re: [O] Passing font size to exported LaTeX table

[Thomas S. Dye]

John Hendy <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Nick Dokos <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> John Hendy <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Sebastien Vauban <
>> address@hidden> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Hi John,
>> >
>> >     John Hendy wrote:
>> >     > I can control a table font size directly from the .tex file like
>> so:
>> >     >
>> >     > ---
>> >     > \scriptsize{
>> >     > \begin{center}
>> >     > \begin{tabular}{lllrr}
>> >     >
>> >     > table entries here
>> >     >
>> >     > \end{tabular}
>> >     > \end{center}
>> >     > }
>> >     > ---
>> >     >
>> >     > Any way to pass this from org-mode? Otherwise, I keep changing the
>> org file,
>> >     > exporting, and then having to add this to the tex file and
>> re-export.
>> >     >
>> >     > I tried:
>> >     > ---
>> >     > #+begin_latex
>> >     > \scriptsize{
>> >     > #+end_latex
>> >     >
>> >     > |org|table|here|
>> >     >
>> >     > #+begin_latex
>> >     > }
>> >     > #+end_latex
>> >     > ---
>> >     >
>> >     > without success.
>> >
>> >     You put the things in the wrong order:
>> >
>> >     1. put a group around some LaTeX commands
>> >     2. add the macro \scriptsize in it
>> >
>> >     Hence:
>> >
>> >     #+begin_src org
>> >      #+begin_latex
>> >      {\scriptsize
>> >      #+end_latex
>> >
>> >      |org|table|here|
>> >
>> >      #+begin_latex
>> >      }
>> >      #+end_latex
>> >     #+end_src
>> >
>> >     should do it (not tested).
>> >
>> > I'm getting this error upon export (no PDF created):
>> > ---
>> > ! Argument of \frame has an extra }.
>> > <inserted text>
>> >                 \par
>> > l.142 }
>> >
>> > Runaway argument?
>> >  \par \par \par
>> > ! Paragraph ended before \frame was complete.
>> > <to be read again>
>> >                    \par
>> > l.142 }
>> >
>> > ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
>> > <recently read> }
>> >
>> > l.142 }
>> >
>> > ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
>> > \endframe ->\egroup
>> >                     \begingroup \def address@hidden {frame}
>> > l.145 \end{frame}
>> >
>> > )
>> > Runaway argument?
>> > ---
>> >
>> > I'm assuming something is not liking that dangling "}"...
>> >
>> > Thoughts?
>> >
>>
>> I didn't try Seb's workaround but your original solution almost works:
>> what stops it is YAB in the latex exporter, but having been bitten by
>> such a couple of times in the past, I applied my usual[fn:1] workaround
>> and presto! it works:
>>
>> ,----
>> |
>> | * foo
>> |
>> | #+begin_latex
>> | \scriptsize{ %}
>> | #+end_latex
>> |
>> | #+tblname: foo
>> | | table | here |
>> | |-------+------|
>> | | table | here |
>> |
>> | #+begin_latex
>> | }
>> | #+end_latex
>> `----
>>
>>
> Awesome!! And now I recall seeing it before on the list. Very cool.
>
>
>> The opening brace on the \scriptsize line confuses the exporter and it
>> leaves the table alone. Adding a commented-out closing brace unconfuses
>> it.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> Footnotes:
>>
>> [fn:1] Maybe I should add it to the FAQ?
>>
>
> Perhaps -- the tough things is that an issue with braces is not what I would
> have expected the problem was. I thought I just wasn't combining things
> right or that the org exporter was making something like this impossible
> based on how it parsed the text. In any case, yes, it would be cool to have
> in public written somewhere. Thanks!
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Nick Dokos <span 
> dir="ltr"><mailto:address@hidden></span> wrote:
> John Hendy <mailto:address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Sebastien Vauban <mailto:address@hidden> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi John,
>>
>>     John Hendy wrote:
>>     > I can control a table font size directly from the .tex file like so:
>>     >
>>     > ---
>>     > \scriptsize{
>>     > \begin{center}
>>     > \begin{tabular}{lllrr}
>>     >
>>     > table entries here
>>     >
>>     > \end{tabular}
>>     > \end{center}
>>     > }
>>     > ---
>>     >
>>     > Any way to pass this from org-mode? Otherwise, I keep changing the org 
>> file,
>>     > exporting, and then having to add this to the tex file and re-export.
>>     >
>>     > I tried:
>>     > ---
>>     > #+begin_latex
>>     > \scriptsize{
>>     > #+end_latex
>>     >
>>     > |org|table|here|
>>     >
>>     > #+begin_latex
>>     > }
>>     > #+end_latex
>>     > ---
>>     >
>>     > without success.
>>
>>     You put the things in the wrong order:
>>
>>     1. put a group around some LaTeX commands
>>     2. add the macro \scriptsize in it
>>
>>     Hence:
>>
>>     #+begin_src org
>>      #+begin_latex
>>      {\scriptsize
>>      #+end_latex
>>
>>      |org|table|here|
>>
>>      #+begin_latex
>>      }
>>      #+end_latex
>>     #+end_src
>>
>>     should do it (not tested).
>>
>> I&#39;m getting this error upon export (no PDF created):
>> ---
>> ! Argument of \frame has an extra }.
>> <inserted text> 
>>                 \par 
>> l.142 }
>>        
>> Runaway argument?
>>  \par \par \par 
>> ! Paragraph ended before \frame was complete.
>> <to be read again> 
>>                    \par 
>> l.142 }
>>        
>> ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
>> <recently read> }
>>                  
>> l.142 }
>>        
>> ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
>> \endframe ->\egroup 
>>                     \begingroup \def address@hidden {frame}
>> l.145 \end{frame}
>>                  
>> )
>> Runaway argument?
>> ---
>>
>> I&#39;m assuming something is not liking that dangling "}"...
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
> I didn&#39;t try Seb&#39;s workaround but your original solution almost works:
> what stops it is YAB in the latex exporter, but having been bitten by
> such a couple of times in the past, I applied my usual[fn:1] workaround
> and presto! it works:
>
> ,----
> |
> | * foo
> |
> | #+begin_latex
> | \scriptsize{ %}
> | #+end_latex
> |
> | #+tblname: foo
> | | table | here |
> | |-------+------|
> | | table | here |
> |
> | #+begin_latex
> | }
> | #+end_latex
> `----
> Awesome!! And now I recall seeing it before on the list. Very cool. 
>
> The opening brace on the \scriptsize line confuses the exporter and it
> leaves the table alone. Adding a commented-out closing brace unconfuses
> it.
>
> Nick
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [fn:1] Maybe I should add it to the FAQ?Perhaps -- the tough things is that 
> an issue with braces is not what I would have expected the problem was. I 
> thought I just wasn&#39;t combining things right or that the org exporter was 
> making something like this impossible based on how it parsed the text. In any 
> case, yes, it would be cool to have in public written somewhere. Thanks! 
>

Aloha all,

This appears to work for tabular environments only.  When I add a
caption the table is set normalsize and the text following it is set
scriptsize. Or, am I doing something wrong?

All the best,
Tom

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Thomas S. Dye
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