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Re: [O] table as parameter for latex block


From: Martin Halder
Subject: Re: [O] table as parameter for latex block
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:55:44 +0100

> Martin Halder <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>>> Martin Halder <address@hidden> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> was trying to use a table as input for a latex block. Is there a way to 
>>>> directly reference parts of the table inside the block or do I have to 
>>>> specify each parameter as separate parameter ?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for help,
>>>> Martin
>>> Aloha Martin,
>>> 
>>> Can I ask why you want to use a table as input for a latex block?  An
>>> alternative is to send the table to a source block in some other
>>> language and then evaluate with :results latex.  The advantage is that
>>> the other language can have loops and complex data types that make it
>>> relatively easy to deal with tables.  It might be possible to do these
>>> kinds of things with TeX, but it is likely to be difficult.
>>> 
>>> hth,
>>> Tom
>> 
>> Aloha Tom,
>> 
>> the reason was that I have a quite complex latex file in a src latex block 
>> (which I tangle)
>> and just wanted to replace some variables from a table.
>> 
>> But :results latex looks very interesting, will have a look if I can solve 
>> it with that one,
>> many thanks for the hint.
>> 
>> This is my use case, the example below was maybe too much simplified:
>> 
>> #begin_src latex
>> ... weird latex code
>>      \put(-2,-50){
>>              \parbox{8cm}{
>>                      \tiny{mycompany - mystree - mycountry}\\ \\
>>                      \normalsize
>>                      \textbf{company}\\
>>                      street\\
>>                      \textbf{country}
>>                      \vspace{2mm}\\
>>              }
>>      }
>> ... weird latex code
>> #end_src latex
> 
> Aloha Martin,
> 
> Here is the basic idea in pseudo python.  
> 
> #begin_src python :results output latex
> ... weird latex code
> s = '''       \\put(-2,-50){
>               \\parbox{8cm}{
>                       \\tiny{%s - %s - %s}\\\\ \\\\
>                       \\normalsize
>                       \\textbf{%s}\\\\
>                       street\\\\
>                       \\textbf{%s}
>                       \\vspace{2mm}\\\\
>               }
>       }''' % (mycompany, mystree, mycountry, company, country)
> print s
> ... weird latex code
> #end_src python
> 
> hth,
> Tom

Aloha Tom,

great, thanks. This one is working. Did not think about sending the whole file 
through python.

Cheers,
Martin

>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Martin
>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> This is working:
>>>> 
>>>> #+tblname: data
>>>> | Name    | John Doe     |
>>>> | Address | Doestreet 42 |
>>>> | Country | Doecountry   |
>>>> 
>>>> #+name: invoice(name=data[0,1], address=data[1,1], country=data[2,1])
>>>> #+begin_src latex
>>>> name
>>>> address
>>>> country
>>>> #+end_src
>>>> 
>>>> #+RESULTS: invoice
>>>> #+BEGIN_LaTeX
>>>> John Doe
>>>> Doestreet 42
>>>> Doecountry
>>>> #+END_LaTeX
>>>> 
>>>> what I would like to do:
>>>> 
>>>> #+name: invoice(data=data)
>>>> #+begin_src latex
>>>> data[0,1]
>>>> data[1,1]
>>>> data[2,1]
>>>> #+end_src
>>>> 
>>>> or even better:
>>>> 
>>>> #+name: invoice(data=data)
>>>> #+begin_src latex
>>>> data['Name']
>>>> data['Adress']
>>>> data['Country']
>>>> #+end_src
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Thomas S. Dye
>>> http://www.tsdye.com
>> 
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