On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 04:53:29PM -0600, Doug Martin wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:52 AM Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 03:54:43PM -0600, Doug Martin wrote:
> > > See the two attached LYX files, and first run "outerparErrorExample.lyx",
> > > and then
> > > run the other one.  The first one compiles the pdf ok, but gives an
> > > annoying error message.
> > >
> > > Scott is a guy on the lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org list who responded the
> > same
> > > day I posted the
> > > first file problem.  He made the good suggestion that I ask the
> > kableExtra
> > > guy (Hao Zhu)
> > > to fix this little problem in kableExtra, which I will do since Hao has
> > > been very responsive
> > > to Tom and I (and there is something else that I think he needs to fix).
> >
> > In case it helps, here is a description of the issue:
> >
> > I could not figure out how to ask kable_styling() to omit producing a
> > table environment. The reason this is desired is because LyX already
> > produces a table environment and it's nice to have LyX control this table
> > environment for various reasons. Thus, ideally LyX would control the table
> > environment and kable would output only the tabular code. This can be
> > achieved by changing the table environment generated by kable_styling as
> > follows:
> >
> >   kable_styling(table.env = "@empty")
> >
> 
> *That works, but then the table is left-justified.  But your other
> suggestion table.env = "centering" works*
> *with the table centered, which I always want to do anyway.  So it is a
> nice hack, that replaces 3 lines of*
> *LaTeX code to begin  and one LaTeX line to end, which the Springer tech
> support suggested.*
> 
> >
> > However, that is a hack. I wonder if it would make sense if table.env is
> > set to NULL or NA for no table environment to be output.
> >
> 
> I tried table.env = NULL and NA, and both result in an error message
> "unexpected symbol".
> But I am happy with "centering", and will ask the kableExtra creator and
> maintainer Hao Zhu
> if he can make a fix in kableExtra.

Sounds good, Doug. Thanks for taking the time to do that!

Scott

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