Re: Passing font size to exported LaTeX table

["Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Thomas and Suvayu,

Thomas S. Dye wrote:
> Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>> diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi
>> index aa34cd3..5fa1e22 100644
>> --- a/doc/org.texi
>> +++ b/doc/org.texi
>> @@ -10160,7 +10160,7 @@ All lines between these markers are exported literally
>>  @subsection Tables in @LaTeX{} export
>>  @cindex tables, in @LaTeX{} export
>>  
>> -For @LaTeX{} export of a table, you can specify a label and a caption
>> +For @LaTeX{} export of a table, you can specify a label, a caption and placement options
>>  (@pxref{Images and tables}).  You can also use the @code{ATTR_LaTeX} line to
>>  request a @code{longtable} environment for the table, so that it may span
>>  several pages, or to change the default table environment from @code{table}
>> @@ -10207,7 +10207,20 @@ element.  You can use an @code{#+ATTR_LaTeX:} line to specify the various
>>  options that can be used in the optional argument of the
>>  @code{\includegraphics} macro.  To modify the placement option of the
>>  @code{figure} environment, add something like @samp{placement=[h!]} to the
>> -Attributes.
>> +Attributes. It is to be noted this option can be used with tables as well.
>> +The options are passed as the placement option to floating environments like
>> +@code{figure} or @code{table}. One can pass other compatible options as well.
>> +For example the @code{#+ATTR_LaTeX:} line below is exported as the
>> +@code{figure} environment below it.
>> +
>> +@cindex #+ATTR_LaTeX
>> +@example
>> +#+ATTR_LaTeX: placement=[<options>]\footnotesize
>> +
>> +\begin{figure}[<options>]\footnotesize
>> +...
>> +\end{figure}
>> +@end example
>>  
>>  If you would like to let text flow around the image, add the word @samp{wrap}
>>  to the @code{#+ATTR_LaTeX:} line, which will make the figure occupy the left
>
> This looks like an improvement to me.

I think so too. The real test will be, though, the day I will search for
additional info about the tables. And the above text seems neat to me.

> I'd be interested to hear what Nick and Seb might have to say. They often
> catch things I miss.

;-)

> If you don't get other comments, I'd encourage you to submit this as a patch
> (I think this requires [PATCH] in the subject line) to see what Carsten and
> crew have to say about it.
>
> Thanks again for finding this solution to specifying the font size for
> floating tables on a table-by-table basis in LaTeX export. I'd been looking
> for your solution, and for Nick's solution that works on a per-document or
> buffer basis, for many months without success.

Thanks to both of you, for closing this loop up to the documentation stuff!

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sébastien Vauban