John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Sebastien Vauban
> <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> John Hendy wrote:
> > I can control a table font size directly from the .tex file like so:
> >
> > ---
> > \scriptsize{
> > \begin{center}
> > \begin{tabular}{lllrr}
> >
> > table entries here
> >
> > \end{tabular}
> > \end{center}
> > }
> > ---
> >
> > Any way to pass this from org-mode? Otherwise, I keep changing the org
> file,
> > exporting, and then having to add this to the tex file and re-export.
> >
> > I tried:
> > ---
> > #+begin_latex
> > \scriptsize{
> > #+end_latex
> >
> > |org|table|here|
> >
> > #+begin_latex
> > }
> > #+end_latex
> > ---
> >
> > without success.
>
> You put the things in the wrong order:
>
> 1. put a group around some LaTeX commands
> 2. add the macro \scriptsize in it
>
> Hence:
>
> #+begin_src org
> #+begin_latex
> {\scriptsize
> #+end_latex
>
> |org|table|here|
>
> #+begin_latex
> }
> #+end_latex
> #+end_src
>
> should do it (not tested).
>
> I'm getting this error upon export (no PDF created):
> ---
> ! Argument of \frame has an extra }.
> <inserted text>
> \par
> l.142 }
>
> Runaway argument?
> \par \par \par
> ! Paragraph ended before \frame was complete.
> <to be read again>
> \par
> l.142 }
>
> ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
> <recently read> }
>
> l.142 }
>
> ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
> \endframe ->\egroup
> \begingroup \def \@currenvir {frame}
> l.145 \end{frame}
>
> )
> Runaway argument?
> ---
>
> I'm assuming something is not liking that dangling "}"...
>
> Thoughts?
>
I didn't try Seb's workaround but your original solution almost works:
what stops it is YAB in the latex exporter, but having been bitten by
such a couple of times in the past, I applied my usual[fn:1] workaround
and presto! it works:
,----
|
| * foo
|
| #+begin_latex
| \scriptsize{ %}
| #+end_latex
|
| #+tblname: foo
| | table | here |
| |-------+------|
| | table | here |
|
| #+begin_latex
| }
| #+end_latex
`----
The opening brace on the \scriptsize line confuses the exporter and it
leaves the table alone. Adding a commented-out closing brace unconfuses
it.
Nick
Footnotes:
[fn:1] Maybe I should add it to the FAQ?
