[LaTeX Output] Para Image in a Table Cell

[ickc]

MWE

source: test3.zip

which contain a markdown with a dummy image:

+-------+-----------------------+
| text  | this is a text        |
+=======+=======================+
| image | ![caption](./png.png) |
|       |                       |
|       | this force a para     |
+-------+-----------------------+

Command used: pandoc test3.md -o test3.pdf

Error:

! Misplaced \noalign.
\caption ->\noalign 
                    \bgroup \@ifnextchar [{\egroup \LT@c@ption \@firstofone ...
l.86 \caption

pandoc: Error producing PDF

Version: pandoc 1.19.1, and pandoc-nightly with commit 685788c, both on macOS platform.

Diagnosis

The problem only occur when the table cell containing the image is a "Para" cell. If the line "this force a para" is removed, it will be ok.

By comparing the TeX output with and without the "this force a para" line, the only difference is how the minipage ends:

\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\columnwidth}\raggedright\strut
image\strut
\end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\columnwidth}\raggedright\strut
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics{./png.png}
\caption{caption}
\end{figure}

this force a para\strut
\end{minipage}

And LaTeX doesn't like the extra line between the \end{figure} and \end{minipage}.

Note: this traced from an issue in ickc/pantable#20

[jgm]

Seems like the recommended advice is not to use a figure environment inside a table: http://www.tex.ac.uk/FAQ-ouparmd.html I can make that change.