Re: [R] short captions for xtable?

A quick update. The package maintainer says that it is indeed impossible. My solution was a bit of a workaround. I used the add.to.row option with \multicolumn to incorporate the source attribution into the table as the last row. Example: print(xtable(table_name,caption="short_caption"),hline.aft

Re: [R] short captions for xtable?

Thanks. I didn't see any obvious way to do it either. It looks like the caption option has room for additional input that are as yet not designated. I'll take a look at the latex() possibility. Best, cuz -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/short-captions-

[R] short captions for xtable?

n. Is there a way to include short captions (a la \caption[short caption]{long caption}? Thanks in advance for you help. Cuz -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/short-captions-for-xtable-tp2719000p2719000.html Sent from the R help mailing list a

[R] short captions for xtable?

Hi, For my dissertation, I have used xtable profusely. I'm also a fan of extended captions in the text. However, these captions are unwieldy in the List of Tables, so I'd like to use the short caption option available with regular \caption usage. Is this possible? Thanks, Cuz --