On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Thomas S. Dye <t...@tsdye.com> wrote:
> Hi John, > > The Library of Babel comes with your Org-mode distribution. > > You'll find it at /contrib/babel/library-of-babel.org > > I guess you learn something new every day! > In the org file, look for > * Tables > ** LaTeX Table Export > > There should be functions booktabs and booktabs-notes. > > One way to use booktabs is described here: > > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-latex-export.html#sec-13-2 > > I'll check these out. Looked at the worg howto. Not a huge fan of the method, especially with hiding my tables, but I'll give it a shot. I figure there's got to be a simpler way; just change the first \hline -> \toprule and the bottom one to \bottomrule; \midrules in between. Thanks again, John > hth, > Tom > > John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Thomas S. Dye <t...@tsdye.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi John, > >> > >> Agreed, booktabs makes good looking tables. > >> > >> Check out your Library of Babel. There should be a couple of functions > >> there that will help you go from Org mode to booktabs. > >> > >> > > Haven't done much with babel other than writing code blocks. Do you mean > > this page? > > --- http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/library-of-babel.html > > > > Thanks for the suggestion. Feeling a bit lost, but am happy to look > around > > for something that seems similar. I have no elisp-fu, so it'll need to be > > pretty darn similar :) > > > > > > John > > > > > >> hth, > >> Tom > >> > >> John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: > >> > >> > Greetings, > >> > > >> > > >> > I was using wikibooks for some formatting assistance on tables the > other > >> > day and ran into mention of the booktabs package in the "Professional > >> > tables" section. [1] [2] > >> > > >> > I really, really liked it's formatting, especially since one of my > column > >> > headers was a fraction. The standard tabular package places the > \hlines > >> > extremely close to the top and bottom of my header row vs., as the > >> booktabs > >> > package says, having extremely nice looking spacing for the table. I > >> ended > >> > up doing the table manually inside #+begin_latex block. > >> > > >> > Would there be any way to specify that booktabs should be used? The > >> > formatting is literally identical except for 1) including the booktabs > >> > package and 2) using \toprule, \midrule and \bottomrule instead of > >> \hlines. > >> > In fact, even with booktabs included, if you use \hlines instead of > the > >> > booktab specific lines, you'll get a "regular" tabular table. > >> > > >> > Any thoughts on this? > >> > > >> > > >> > Best regards, > >> > John > >> > > >> > ----- > >> > [1] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Tables#Professional_tables > >> > [2] http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/booktabs/ > >> > Greetings,I was using wikibooks for some formatting assistance on > tables > >> the other day and ran into mention of the booktabs package in the > >> "Professional tables" section. [1] [2] > >> > I really, really liked it's formatting, especially since one of my > >> column headers was a fraction. The standard tabular package places the > >> \hlines extremely close to the top and bottom of my header row vs., as > the > >> booktabs package says, having extremely nice looking spacing for the > table. > >> I ended up doing the table manually inside #+begin_latex block. > >> > Would there be any way to specify that booktabs should be used? The > >> formatting is literally identical except for 1) including the booktabs > >> package and 2) using \toprule, \midrule and \bottomrule instead of > \hlines. > >> In fact, even with booktabs included, if you use \hlines instead of the > >> booktab specific lines, you'll get a "regular" tabular table. > >> > Any thoughts on this?Best regards,John-----[1] > >> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Tables#Professional_tables > >> > [2] http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/booktabs/ > >> > >> -- > >> Thomas S. Dye > >> http://www.tsdye.com > >> > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Thomas S. Dye <span dir="ltr"><mailto: > t...@tsdye.com></span> wrote: > > Hi John, > > > > Agreed, booktabs makes good looking tables. > > > > Check out your Library of Babel. There should be a couple of functions > > there that will help you go from Org mode to booktabs. > > Haven't done much with babel other than writing code blocks. Do you > mean this page?--- > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/library-of-babel.html > > Thanks for the suggestion. Feeling a bit lost, but am happy to look > around for something that seems similar. I have no elisp-fu, so it'll > need to be pretty darn similar :) > > John > > hth, > > Tom > > > > John Hendy <mailto:jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: > > > >> Greetings, > >> > >> > >> I was using wikibooks for some formatting assistance on tables the other > >> day and ran into mention of the booktabs package in the "Professional > >> tables" section. [1] [2] > >> > >> I really, really liked it's formatting, especially since one of my > column > >> headers was a fraction. The standard tabular package places the \hlines > >> extremely close to the top and bottom of my header row vs., as the > booktabs > >> package says, having extremely nice looking spacing for the table. I > ended > >> up doing the table manually inside #+begin_latex block. > >> > >> Would there be any way to specify that booktabs should be used? The > >> formatting is literally identical except for 1) including the booktabs > >> package and 2) using \toprule, \midrule and \bottomrule instead of > \hlines. > >> In fact, even with booktabs included, if you use \hlines instead of the > >> booktab specific lines, you'll get a "regular" tabular table. > >> > >> Any thoughts on this? > >> > >> > >> Best regards, > >> John > >> > >> ----- > >> [1] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Tables#Professional_tables > >> [2] http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/booktabs/ > >> Greetings,I was using wikibooks for some formatting assistance on > tables the other day and ran into mention of the booktabs package in the > "Professional tables" section. [1] [2] > >> I really, really liked it's formatting, especially since one of my > column headers was a fraction. The standard tabular package places the > \hlines extremely close to the top and bottom of my header row vs., as the > booktabs package says, having extremely nice looking spacing for the table. > I ended up doing the table manually inside #+begin_latex block. > > > >> Would there be any way to specify that booktabs should be used? The > formatting is literally identical except for 1) including the booktabs > package and 2) using \toprule, \midrule and \bottomrule instead of \hlines. > In fact, even with booktabs included, if you use \hlines instead of the > booktab specific lines, you'll get a "regular" tabular table. > > > >> Any thoughts on this?Best regards,John-----[1] > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Tables#Professional_tables > >> [2] http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/booktabs/ > > <span class="HOEnZb"> > > -- > > Thomas S. Dye > > http://www.tsdye.com > > </span> > > -- > Thomas S. Dye > http://www.tsdye.com >
