From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Charles Millar Subject: Re: Bug: Is "radio tables" broken? Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:02:50 -0500 Message-ID: <527D5F8A.4090000@verizon.net> References: <527D0249.8040606@verizon.net> <87wqkizk7u.fsf@alphaville.bos.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47490) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VeuCX-0002Gy-Dw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:11:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Veu94-00012S-Hq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:06:49 -0500 Received: from vms173015pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.15]:33412) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Veu94-00012F-DF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:03:14 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.2] ([unknown] [70.192.46.71]) by vms173015.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MVY00CFHT8OFF90@vms173015.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2013 16:02:49 -0600 (CST) In-reply-to: <87wqkizk7u.fsf@alphaville.bos.redhat.com> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nick On 11/8/2013 3:56 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: > Charles Millar writes: > >> I tried to use the LaTeX radio tables that I included in a file that I >> set up a year ago. >> >> When point was in the first cell of the table, C-c C-c gave >> >> C-c C-c can do nothing useful at this location. >> >> I copied the LaTeX radio table (section A.6.2) from the manual into a >> scratch.org file, put the point in the first cell, C-c C-c 'd with the >> same result. >> >> Out of curiosity I changed one of the "Days" number for January, C-c >> C-c'd the TBLFM: and again the same message. >> >> Is there a bug or what am I missing in the manual? >> > You need to turn on orgtbl-mode as a minor mode: > > M-x orgtbl-mode > > But putting the example in an org document misses the point I think: the > idea is that you have a *LaTeX document* (not an org one), but you want > to be able to create a table using org syntax and to then automatically > create the LaTeX table from the org table. So you add the code into your > LaTeX document, turn on orgtbl-mode as a minor mode and then press C-c > C-c on the ORGTBL: SEND line which turns the org table into a LaTeX > table and inserts it at the spot specified with the BEGIN/END RECEIVE > ORGTBL stufff. > > Nick > Thanks. I obviously forgot the procedure. I used org mode for the entire file. When it came time to use the radio tables I would M-x tex-mode and then M-x orgtbl-mode and proceeded from there. Charlie