to_latex truncates string names

[jseabold]

Tried to use to_latex to make a table containing long string names. It truncated them and inserted .... Drive-by bug issue report. Will update with MWE later.

[jseabold]

Looking at the source on this. to_latex comes from DataFrameFormatter, so it respects the options. Great.

df = pd.DataFrame([['a'*65, 'b'*65]], columns=['acol', 'bcol'])
print df.to_latex()

with pd.option_context("max_colwidth", 1000):
    print df.to_latex()

I'm thinking this is a docs issue more than a bug, though it'd be nice not to have to worry about this. Should to_latex introspect the object columns and find a max-length, then use the context manager or something?

[moorepants]

Yes, introspection sounds like a better default. If the user wants to truncate they can then set the width to something smaller.