[XeTeX] XeTeX Digest, Vol 75, Issue 34

[Ross Moore]

Hi Alan, and Ashok,

On 14/06/2010, at 2:23 PM, Alan Munn wrote:

> This isn't really a XeLaTeX question, but a very elementary latex question.  There are so many things wrong with the table you posted it's hard to know where to start.  

I think you may be being a bit harsh here.
It looks to me like every \ has been stripped out,
except for \\ being reduced to a single backslash.

This could have been the result of some badly written filter
having been applied to the email message as a whole, rather 
than it having started with very poorly-written LaTeX coding.

When the missing \ characters are inserted --- hopefully
finding them all --- then the resulting table isn't too
bad. The main problems are:

  1. '-' signs should be in math, not text;
   simpleset way to fix this is:
     \usepackage{amsmath,array}%   in the preamble
    setup the columns this way:
     \begin{tabular}{|c|c|>{$}c<{$}|>{$}r<{$}|>{$}c<{$}|>{$}r<{$}|>{$}r<{$}|c|c|}
    and remove unnecessary $s from some of the header cells.

  2. the whole thing is a bit too wide
     use  \addtolength{\tabcolsep}{-2.5pt} %  adjust the length to suit
     as a way to reduce the space between cells;

  3. some of the header cells can be improved,
     concerning the alignment and vertical lines.

  4. the horizontal lines are not really needed,
     but it isn't wrong to be using them.


Hope this helps,

	Ross


Oh; and fix that backslash filtering before posting
source code again.
 

> First, you should find some good introductory material on latex generally, since the code below shows that you haven't really got the faintest idea about basic issues.
> 
> Some comments:
> 
> multicolumn -> \multicolumn
> 
> you can't have spaces/tabs between a \ and the rest of the command (e.g. most of your \hlines)
> 
> table rows must end with \\
> 
> (tables with lines are generally considered bad formatting.  Try using the booktabs package.)
> 
> When you've fixed these issues (and read some basic things about latex) your question will probably be answered by itself.
> 
> Make a small table and see how the different commands work, for practice.
> 
> Alan
> 
> On Jun 13, 2010, at 10:04 PM, ashok kumar khanda wrote:
> 
>> begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}hline
>> % after \: hline or cline{col1-col2} cline{col3-col4} ...
>> {} &{} & {} & multicolumn{2}{c}{$(triangle E_B)_g$} & {} &{}& multicolumn{1}{c}{$M_B$} \
>> cline{4-6} cline{8-9}
>> Baryon & $E_B$ & $(triangle E_B)_{cm}$ & $(triangle E_B)^m_g$ & $(triangle E_B)^e_g$ & Total & $(delta M_B)_chi$ & Calculation & Expt.
>> \hline
>> N & 1507.335& -191.467 & -99.851 & 0 & -99.851 & -276.017 & 940 & 940 \
>> hline
>> $triangle$ & 1507.335 & -191.467 & 99.851 & 0 & 99.851 &-183.719 & 1232 & 1232
>> \ hline
>> $Lambda$ & 1622.074 & -192.833 & -99.851 & -46.769 &-146.62& -166.621 & 1116 & 1116
>> \ hline
>> $sum$ & 1622.074 & -192.833 & -91.938 & -46.769 & -138.707 &-97.718 & 1192.816 & 1193
>> \ hline
>> $sum^*$ & 1622.074 & -192.833 & 95.893 & -46.769 &49.124& -97.718 & 1380.647 & 1385
>> \ hline
>> $Xi$ & 1736.812 & -193.996 & -90.312 & -46.769 & -137.081& -82.537 & 1323.198 & 1321
>> \ hline
>> $Xi^*$ & 1736.812 & -193.996 & 97.516 & -46.769 & 50.747 & -82.537 & 1517.026 & 1533
>> \ hline
>> $Omega^-$ & 1851.551 & -194.999 & 104.719 & 0 & 104.719& -79.139 & 1682.132 & 1672
>> \ hline
>> 
>> end{tabular}
> 
> -- 
> Alan Munn
> amunn at gmx.com
> 
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