> Martin Halder <martin.hal...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> was trying to use a table as input for a latex block. Is there a way to
>> directly reference parts of the table inside the block or do I have to
>> specify each parameter as separate parameter ?
>>
>> Thanks for help,
>> Martin
> Aloha Martin,
>
> Can I ask why you want to use a table as input for a latex block? An
> alternative is to send the table to a source block in some other
> language and then evaluate with :results latex. The advantage is that
> the other language can have loops and complex data types that make it
> relatively easy to deal with tables. It might be possible to do these
> kinds of things with TeX, but it is likely to be difficult.
>
> hth,
> Tom
Aloha Tom,
the reason was that I have a quite complex latex file in a src latex block
(which I tangle)
and just wanted to replace some variables from a table.
But :results latex looks very interesting, will have a look if I can solve it
with that one,
many thanks for the hint.
This is my use case, the example below was maybe too much simplified:
#begin_src latex
... weird latex code
\put(-2,-50){
\parbox{8cm}{
\tiny{mycompany - mystree - mycountry}\\ \\
\normalsize
\textbf{company}\\
street\\
\textbf{country}
\vspace{2mm}\\
}
}
... weird latex code
#end_src latex
Cheers,
Martin
>
>>
>> This is working:
>>
>> #+tblname: data
>> | Name | John Doe |
>> | Address | Doestreet 42 |
>> | Country | Doecountry |
>>
>> #+name: invoice(name=data[0,1], address=data[1,1], country=data[2,1])
>> #+begin_src latex
>> name
>> address
>> country
>> #+end_src
>>
>> #+RESULTS: invoice
>> #+BEGIN_LaTeX
>> John Doe
>> Doestreet 42
>> Doecountry
>> #+END_LaTeX
>>
>> what I would like to do:
>>
>> #+name: invoice(data=data)
>> #+begin_src latex
>> data[0,1]
>> data[1,1]
>> data[2,1]
>> #+end_src
>>
>> or even better:
>>
>> #+name: invoice(data=data)
>> #+begin_src latex
>> data['Name']
>> data['Adress']
>> data['Country']
>> #+end_src
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Thomas S. Dye
> http://www.tsdye.com
