Not entirely sure if this is a bug or not, but it seems to be a regression.
According to [1], the customization variable org-latex-table-caption-above was
added to allow table captions to come underneath the table. I can't see any
indication that the variable has been deprecated, but in my environment, it has
no effect at all.
I've set the variable to nil:
org-latex-table-caption-above is a variable defined in `ox-latex.el'.
Its value is nil
However, when I use the following minimal example, the exported LaTeX code
places the \caption{} before the tabular environment.
~~
#+DATE: <2013-07-23 Tue>
#+OPTIONS: texht:t
#+LATEX_CLASS: article
* Heading
#+CAPTION: A table
#+NAME: table1
#+ATTR_LaTeX: :starred t :options [htb]
#+BEGIN_table
| Row 1 | Something |
| Row 2 | Something else |
#+END_table
~~
Actual exported LaTeX (excluding preamble, with comment added by hand):
~~
\section{Heading}
\label{sec-1}
\begin{table*}[htb]
% Why is this at the beginning?
\caption{\label{table1}A table}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
Row 1 & Something\\
Row 2 & Something else\\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table*}
~~
Expected:
~~
\section{Heading}
\label{sec-1}
\begin{table*}[htb]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
Row 1 & Something\\
Row 2 & Something else\\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption{\label{table1}A table}
\end{table*}
~~
Org-mode version 8.0.2 (release_8.0.2-122-gcbf956 @
/home/*****/share/org-mode.git/lisp/)
Thanks,
hjh
[1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/47227
