LaTeX export with listings: multicolumn support broken?

LaTeX export with listings: multicolumn support broken?

[James Harkins]

A few months ago, I wrote an academic paper with code examples, using the 
listings environment like so:

#+ATTR_LaTeX: :starred t :options [htb]
#+BEGIN_figure
#+CAPTION: Simple sequencer, implementing the musical flow from Figure 
[[basicseq_graph]].
#+NAME: basicseq
#+BEGIN_SRC {} -i
TLSequenceIterator([
	bpCmd: (name: \rumble, dur: 40),
	15,
	bpCmd: (name: \whine, dur: 20)
]);
#+END_SRC
#+END_figure

Now I need to submit revisions for the same paper, and ":starred t" is 
ignored. I get \begin{figure}, not \begin{figure*} as before.

I have also tried

#+ATTR_LaTeX: :float multicolumn :options [htb]

per documentation at [1]. I still get \begin{figure}, not \begin{figure*}.

What happened?

My paper is due on Sunday (Dec. 15). Need a fix fairly soon. If nothing 
else, I will downgrade via git.

hjh

Re: LaTeX export with listings: multicolumn support broken?

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:

> A few months ago, I wrote an academic paper with code examples, using the 
> listings environment like so:
>
> #+ATTR_LaTeX: :starred t :options [htb]
> #+BEGIN_figure
> #+CAPTION: Simple sequencer, implementing the musical flow from Figure 
> [[basicseq_graph]].
> #+NAME: basicseq
> #+BEGIN_SRC {} -i
> TLSequenceIterator([
> 	bpCmd: (name: \rumble, dur: 40),
> 	15,
> 	bpCmd: (name: \whine, dur: 20)
> ]);
> #+END_SRC
> #+END_figure
>
> Now I need to submit revisions for the same paper, and ":starred t" is 
> ignored. I get \begin{figure}, not \begin{figure*} as before.
>
> I have also tried
>
> #+ATTR_LaTeX: :float multicolumn :options [htb]
>
> per documentation at [1]. I still get \begin{figure}, not \begin{figure*}.
>
> What happened?

I could be a suggested feature that didn't make it into code base.
Anyway, you can use:

  #+begin_figure*
  ...
  #+end_figure*

instead.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

Re: LaTeX export with listings: multicolumn support broken?

[James Harkins]

Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I could be a suggested feature that didn't make it into code base.
> Anyway, you can use:
> 
>   #+begin_figure*
>   ...
>   #+end_figure*
> 
> instead.

OK, relief. That did it.

Should #+begin_something* be documented under "special blocks" here?

http://orgmode.org/manual/LaTeX-specific-attributes.html#LaTeX-specific-attributes

hjh

Re: LaTeX export with listings: multicolumn support broken?

[James Harkins]

On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:54:37 PM HKT, James Harkins wrote:
> I have also tried
>
> #+ATTR_LaTeX: :float multicolumn :options [htb]
>
> per documentation at [1]. I still get \begin{figure}, not 
\begin{figure*}.

Forgot the footnote: it's 
http://orgmode.org/manual/LaTeX-specific-attributes.html#LaTeX-specific-attributes

Anyway, I've tested 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.0 and a previous "sandbox" branch I 
used at some point in the past. None of them give me multicolumn figures 
for code blocks.

Well, certainly it worked back in August...

hjh

Re: LaTeX export with listings: multicolumn support broken?

[Nicolas Goaziou]

James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:54:37 PM HKT, James Harkins wrote:
>> I have also tried
>>
>> #+ATTR_LaTeX: :float multicolumn :options [htb]
>>
>> per documentation at [1]. I still get \begin{figure}, not 
> \begin{figure*}.
>
> Forgot the footnote: it's
> http://orgmode.org/manual/LaTeX-specific-attributes.html#LaTeX-specific-attributes
>
> Anyway, I've tested 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.0 and a previous "sandbox" branch
> I used at some point in the past. None of them give me multicolumn
> figures for code blocks.
>
> Well, certainly it worked back in August...

Your first "attr_latex" line applies to the "figure" special block, not
to the source block.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

Re: LaTeX export with listings: multicolumn support broken?

[James Harkins]

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:
> Your first "attr_latex" line applies to the "figure" special block, not
> to the source block.

I did eventually figure that out.

As far as I can see, this is the only reference to figure*
environments in the manual:

~~
multicolumn: if you wish to include an image which spans multiple
columns in a page. This will export the image wrapped in a figure*
environment.
~~

It's a reasonable (though wrong) conclusion from this that
"multicolumn" is /the/ way to get figure*.

I think it would be worth noting in the "Special blocks in LaTeX
export" section that * is valid as a character in special block
identifiers.

hjh

Re: LaTeX export with listings: multicolumn support broken?

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Your first "attr_latex" line applies to the "figure" special block, not
>> to the source block.
>
> I did eventually figure that out.
>
> As far as I can see, this is the only reference to figure*
> environments in the manual:
>
> ~~
> multicolumn: if you wish to include an image which spans multiple
> columns in a page. This will export the image wrapped in a figure*
> environment.
> ~~
>
> It's a reasonable (though wrong) conclusion from this that
> "multicolumn" is /the/ way to get figure*.

It is /the/ way for images.

> I think it would be worth noting in the "Special blocks in LaTeX
> export" section that * is valid as a character in special block
> identifiers.

That, or provide an example that uses such a special block. Do you want
to provide a patch?


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou