On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Vikas Rawal <vikasli...@agrarianresearch.org> writes: > > > I do not know if I am expressing myself clearly. The table is being > > generated by an R source code. We need a way of adding notes to such a > > table. > > There are two different problems: > > 1. How to generate "threeparttable" environment using Org syntax and > `latex' export back-end. > 2. How to generate Org syntax specified above from a source block. > > At the moment, my only concern is point 1. > > Yes, this is right. > Unfortunately, on such matters, one has to work with the conventions in > > different disciplines. At least in social sciences, it is usually > expected > > that notes are placed below Tables and Figures, and not as part of > > footnotes, which are reserved for notes to text. At least my > collaborators > > and readers frown when I put table sources and notes in the footnotes. > > Understood. You didn't answer to my suggestion to use special blocks, > though. > > I do not know how to use special blocks. I will read the manual and see what can be done with those. I f special blocks cannot give a statisfactory solution (I do not know), other questions you raise may be relevant in exploring a better solution. > > > If my suggestion to use special blocks doesn't apply, you still need to > properly define your problem. In particular: > > - How table notes are generated? Do you want to hijack footnotes in > table to produce them? > - Should note numbers be configurable? > We should be able to add something to #+RESULTS block. I would think that the natural way would be to specify threeparttable in #+attr_latex. It would be ideal to put contents of a footer under a separate headline (tagged noexport) somewhere in the document with a custom_id property. This custom_id could be specified along with threeparttable in the above #+attr_latex. Something like the following: #+attr_latex: threeparttable [[notes_custom_id_1]] #+RESUlTS: |x|y|z| |1|2|2| * Table notes :noexport: :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: notes_custom_id_1 :END: + first note here + second note here + third note here - Should "threeparttable" be generated only when table contains at least > a note and some global option is set to a non-nil value? Or should > a user explicitly write that he requires such an environment for the > current table? > I would think threeparttable be generated when you have something like the above specified in #+attr_latex. > - Can another environment than "tabular" be used within > "threeparttable"? > - Is the "table" environment around mandatory? > - ... > I use tabulary inside threeparttable (that is, when I give raw latex code). The code I used has table environment around it. I am no expert on latex and I must have put it together using whatever I could find on threeparttable. I cannot say whether this is mandatory. I am sure other people on this list would just know this. Otherwise, I can experiment. I am really stretching my capabilities and knowledge of org. So, please excuse me, if what I said is nonsensical. Vikas
