From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Bach Subject: Re: orgtbl multicolumn support Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 23:41:06 +0300 Message-ID: <4dc30b66.cac3e30a.2d35.ffff9c04@mx.google.com> References: <4dc3097d.cac3e30a.5b1f.ffff9c8f@mx.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40900) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QI5MH-0006ge-Fm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 16:41:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QI5MG-0002Mm-GN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 16:41:13 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:54107) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QI5MG-0002Ma-64 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 16:41:12 -0400 Received: by wwb39 with SMTP id 39so2403381wwb.30 for ; Thu, 05 May 2011 13:41:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4dc3097d.cac3e30a.5b1f.ffff9c8f@mx.google.com> (Michael Bach's message of "Thu, 05 May 2011 23:32:56 +0300") 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Michael Bach Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Michael Bach writes: # edit > Dear org-mode Users and Developers, > I just wanted to know whether there are plans to support multicolumns in > default orgtbl-to-latex. Something along these lines: > > #+ORGTBL: SEND multicol orgtbl-to-latex :splice t :skip 0 :hline "\\midrule" > | | a | b | c | > |---+---+-------------+---| > | 1 | | mc(2)(c)(3) | | > | | 2 | mc(2)(c)(4) | | > > Would produce > > % % BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL multicol > & a & b & c\NN > \midrule > 1 & & \multicolumn{2}{c}{3} & \NN > & 2 & \multicolumn{2}{c}{4} & \LL > % END RECEIVE ORGTBL multicol # This should correctly read: % % BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL multicol & a & b & c \\ \midrule 1 & & \multicolumn{2}{c}{3} \\ & 2 & \multicolumn{2}{c}{4} \\ % END RECEIVE ORGTBL multicol > The reason being that I would like to use \multicolumn often in the > middle of an orgtbl. My workarounds with manually inserting the LaTeX > macro are clumsy. > > I understood that users should write their own conversion functions. If > I was going to try my fresh elisp fu, I wanted to ask here whether there > exists a generic orgtbl syntax to implement the above intercell > modification. I read the doc for version 7.5 but maybe there are also > new methods in the dev version which I freshly use. > > Kind Regards, > Michael Bach