On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> Was not getting the results I expected from #+attr_latex, so I created >>>> a simplified table to test: >>>> >>>> #+begin_src org >>>> >>>> Centered (will be sent to LaTeX as =\begin{tabular}{cc}=: >>>> >>>> #+attr_latex: align=cc >>>> | test | test | >>>> | test of longer | test | >>>> >>>> Left aligned (will be sent to LaTeX as =\begin{tabular}{ll}=: >>>> >>>> #+attr_latex: align = cc >>>> | test | test | >>>> | test of longer | test | >>>> >>>> #+end_src >>>> >>>> If there's reason for this, I can change my habits. I guess from >>>> various tidy programming habits, I'm just in the practice of >>>> separating equal signs with surrounding white space for easier >>>> readability. For what it's worth, these two behave identically: >>>> >>>> #+attr_latex: width=5cm >>>> #+attr_latex: width = 5cm >>>> >>>> I'm not sure why the tabular align argument is behaving differently. >>> >>> This syntax is wrong anyway. It should be: >>> >>> #+attr_latex: :width "5cm" >>> >>> or >>> >>> #+attr_latex: :width 5cm >>> >>> The same goes for :align. Also, for simple alignment strings, you can >>> provide align cookies within the table. >> >> Ah. Very good to know. Is this documented? > > It was only announced on this ML. > >> This is the syntax I use for babel blocks, but I've never seen it for >> #+attr_latex. The manual also doesn't show any =:option "value"= >> methods, at least in my initial peruse: >> - http://orgmode.org/manual/Tables-in-LaTeX-export.html >> - >> http://orgmode.org/manual/Images-in-LaTeX-export.html#Images-in-LaTeX-export >> >> It's all in `option=value` format. >> >> Is your syntax (including the comment about cookies, as I haven't seen >> that in the org manual either) relevant for the old exporter, or only >> the new one? As I said, this is using the old exporter and I haven't >> migrated over yet... > > The Babel-like syntax is only relevant for the new exporter. > > The old exporter had some support for align cookies in table (depending > on the back-end). >
Good to know. I guess this gives me reason to switch over! John > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas Goaziou