From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: Table questions Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:20:25 +0100 Message-ID: <60f1257f5926f45ccf7a1f521dd51f82@science.uva.nl> References: <1oac1qih6j.fsf@bass.biostat.umn.edu> <1x3b7bbzco.fsf@bass.biostat.umn.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gwob0-0007vL-4k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:42:06 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gwoay-0007tD-EX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:42:05 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gwoay-0007t5-C9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:42:04 -0500 Received: from [64.233.182.184] (helo=nf-out-0910.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GwoG3-0002xk-RP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:20:28 -0500 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d4so2437029nfe for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:20:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1x3b7bbzco.fsf@bass.biostat.umn.edu> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Michael Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Dec 19, 2006, at 17:54, Michael wrote: > I agree that you probably don't want to exactly replace the full power > of > Excel. But this simple feature makes it possible to keep track of > simple > data. I won't mind having to redo the formula after row swapping etc., > which I think won't happen so often for a given table anyway. The question is exactly where to draw this border. Decisive for me is if I can find a clear an logical way to define things. I guess something more about this will materialize eventually, but it will take a bit. > >> Yes, I think it would and I have been thinking to make this possible. >> However, once I allow this, people will want to use \multicolumn, and >> this seems for me to be beyond the scope. > > I think you can ignore the rows with multicolumn in it, which would > satisfy > most people I imagine. by ignore you mean simple not format those lines? That might be an option. However, it is unlikely that I will the table editor in org-mode to handle such cases. It is more likely that at some point I'll will make a separate program based on it, that will be more flexible to adapt. - Carsten