Re: [O] Bug: org-table latex export does not honour alignment [7.5]

[Eric S Fraga]

Arik Mitschang <address@hidden> writes:

> When exporting a file to latex, the alignment of tables within that file
> specified via the in-table <l>,<c> or <r> fields are not honoured. For
> example:
>
> |-------------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
> |-------------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
> | long header | header a | header b | header c | header d |
> |-------------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
> | <l>         | <l>      |      <r> |      <r> |      <r> |
> | 1           | 2        |        3 |        4 |        5 |
> | 6           | 7        |        8 |        9 |       10 |
> | /           | >        |          |          |          |
>
>
> should have the first two columns left-aligned and the last three right
> aligned. The vertical line in the table above is present. This also is
> the case when forcing a table environment via #+CAPTION. The table above
> generates the tabular command:
>
> \begin{tabular}{rr|rrr}
>
> Where it should generate:
>
> \begin{tabular}{ll|rrr}

You can specify the alignment for latex export directly if you put this
line before the table itself:

  #+attr_latex: align=ll|rrr

cf. (org) Tables in LaTeX export,

[[info:org#Tables%20in%20LaTeX%20export][info:org#Tables in LaTeX export]]

HTH,
eric
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