emacs--- via "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> writes:
> I have implemented tabbing > (http://www.ctex.org/documents/latex/latex2e-html/ltx-58.html) support for > ox-latex. By setting #+ATTR_LATEX: :mode tabbingthe exporter will use the > tabbing environment. > > The benefits of using tabbing over tabular: > - Can span multiple pages (also possible with long tables). > - Cell width is fixed and does not depend on the content. > - Cells can overflow. Looks useful. Marking your message as a patch to be tracked at updated.orgmode.org Some comments are below. > TINYCHANGE Note that your patch >15 LOC and cannot be applied without copyright assignment. See https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#copyright > -;; `org-latex--org-table' or `org-latex--math-table' functions, > +;; `org-latex--org-table' or `org-latex--math-table' or > `org-latex--org-tabbing' functions, We generally try to keep all the text in source files narrower than 70 characters (default value of fill-column). You can use fill-region to make Emacs autofill the comment lines. > +(defun org-latex--align-string-tabbing (table info &optional math?) It looks like math? argument is unused. Is it intentional? > + "Return an appropriate LaTeX alignment string, for the > +latex tabbing environment. > +TABLE is the considered table. INFO is a plist used as > +a communication channel. When optional argument MATH? is > +non-nil, TABLE is meant to be a matrix, where all cells are > +centered." > + (or (org-export-read-attribute :attr_latex table :align) > + (let ((align "") > + (count 0) > + (separator "")) > + (progn You do not need an extra progn inside let. > +(defun org-table--org-tabbing (table contenst info) ^contents > + "Return appropriate LaTeX code for an Org table, using the > +latex tabbing syntax. > +TABLE is the table type element to transcode. CONTENTS is its > +contents, as a string. INFO is a plist used as a communication > +channel. > +This function assumes TABLE has `org' as its `:type' property and > +`tabbing' as its `:mode' attribute." > + (let ((output (format "\\begin{%s}\n%s\n%s\\end{%s}" > + "tabbing" > + (org-latex--align-string-tabbing table info ) > + contenst ^contents Best, Ihor
