From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rolf Sander (MPI)" Subject: Re: Fwd: comment lines inside org tables Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 14:30:55 +0200 Message-ID: <02ef963d-cb72-4e3c-75a4-c4759e02b07a@mpic.de> References: <6cd445a96b6d4cd88b912298ee4f4df1@DB5PR01MB1895.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> <87wphpimua.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57871) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1brlLn-0005iR-SU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2016 08:31:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1brlLh-00015g-2I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2016 08:31:06 -0400 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.134]:51715) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1brlLg-00012P-Oy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2016 08:31:01 -0400 Received: from [192.168.178.38] ([94.219.185.109]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue003) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MNyIR-1bqNVj1EC3-007Xx8 for ; Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:30:56 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87wphpimua.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Hello Eric, > could you not simply use the / label and then have a comment in one of > the existing columns, a column that is width restricted so that a > large amount of text doesn't affect alignent? You can then use the > special edit mode (C-c `) for long entries to see the full comment. Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I could do this and see something like this in emacs: |---+--------------+-------+--------| | | <12> | | | | | animal | size | number | |---+--------------+-------+--------| | | gnus | big | 3 | | / | don't forg=> | | | | | gnats | small | 1000 | |---+--------------+-------+--------| The real contents of the file, however, would look very different: |---+--------------+-------+--------| | | <12> | | | | | animal | size | number | |---+--------------+-------+--------| | | gnus | big | 3 | | / | don't forget to add elephants here: | | | | | gnats | small | 1000 | |---+--------------+-------+--------| Since I am sharing my table with several colleagues at work, it is important that the columns are really aligned in the file (not only when viewing the file in org-mode). Unfortunately, not all of my colleagues are using emacs... I am still waiting for an answer to my question if the solution with "|-/" comments that I have proposed has any negative side effects... Best regards Rolf -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rolf Sander phone: [+49] 6131/305-4610 Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry email: rolf.sander@mpic.de PO Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany homepage: www.rolf-sander.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- www.atmospheric-chemistry-and-physics.net www.geoscientific-model-development.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------