Hi Vikas I am not sure I understand the problem correctly, but how about this?
Here is a table produced by a R-src block with some descriptive text in a minipage: -----------------------snip---------------------------------------------- #+BEGIN_SRC R :results output latex :exports results :session *R* :cache yes tab <- matrix(1:12,nrow=4) cat("\n\\begin{table}\n") cat("\\begin{minipage}{\\textwidth}\n") cat("\\tiny{ Note: some descriptive text}\n") cat("\\end{minipage}\n") nix <- apply(tab,1,function(x)cat(paste(x,collab="&"),"\\\\\n")) cat("\\end{table}\n") #+END_SRC #+RESULTS[<2013-04-16 15:11:58> 964853177d477abc1cba212a72dde1f7cf3251c0]: #+BEGIN_LaTeX \begin{table} \begin{minipage}{\textwidth} \tiny{ Note: some descriptive text} \end{minipage} 1 & 5 & 9 & \\ 2 & 6 & 10 & \\ 3 & 7 & 11 & \\ 4 & 8 & 12 & \\ \end{table} #+END_LaTeX -----------------------snap---------------------------------------------- cheers Thomas Vikas Rawal <vikasli...@agrarianresearch.org> writes: >> > I am using org-mode version 8.0-pre (release_8.0-pre-247-gbc3ccd @ >> > /home/vikas/lisp/org-mode/lisp/). >> > >> > I have a table generated by a source block in a document that I >> > would like to export to latex. In the exported tex file, I would >> > like org to insert a line like the following between \end(tabular} >> > and \end{table} >> > >> > \begin{minipage}{\textwidth} \tiny Note: Some descriptive text >> > here. \end{minipage} >> I do not think this is possible. You have to realise that Org does >> not aim to support everything you can do with a backend natively. >> One of the primary reasons for that is the backend agnostic >> abstraction provided by Org. > > I have seen some way of doing things like this. See section 13.3 at > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-latex-export.html > > I can't get it to work though. Will keep trying. > >> When in need of specific needs like this, I resort to writing LaTeX >> natively. > > I guess one thing about org-mode is that it is addictive. Afterall, if > it is something to do with manipulating text, it ought to be possible > :) > > There is also a reason for not doing it natively in latex even if the > org-mode solution is somewhat round-about. I am writing a research > paper using orgmode, with embedded R source blocks in it. I do not > mind embedding some latex source block into it but I would not like to > edit an exported latex file. After all, in the end, the objective is > to be able to have an org file which produces a full paper when > exported. > > Vikas -- Thomas A. Gerds -- Assoc. Prof. Department of Biostatistics University of Copenhagen, Ă˜ster Farimagsgade 5, 1014 Copenhagen, Denmark Office: CSS-15.2.07 (Gamle Kommunehospital) tel: 35327914 (sec: 35327901)