From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Feature request for copy cell in tables Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:19:05 +0200 Message-ID: <61A516B0-1CEE-4DCC-A52B-1AD7D88ADA3E@uva.nl> References: <115A0D3B78AC446E8935252C269BD0E3@CUBE> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KclKX-000083-9k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:19:17 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KclKT-00005E-DZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:19:16 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39172 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KclKS-000053-Vb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:19:13 -0400 Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com ([216.239.58.191]:51638) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KclKR-00061l-Fa for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:19:12 -0400 Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i36so275224gve.17 for ; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:19:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <115A0D3B78AC446E8935252C269BD0E3@CUBE> 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: Chris Randle Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Chris, both proposals do make sense, and I have implemented them. - Carsten On Sep 8, 2008, at 7:16 PM, Chris Randle wrote: > Hi Carsten > > I use the table feature in org-mode daily to keep a log of incoming > work > requests. These requests have a 16-digit ID based on date such as the > first row/column in the example below. Sometimes I want to copy the > same > ID to the line below, but S-return gives the result in the second row: > > |------------------+----| > | 2008090910000121 | 10 | > | -2147483648 | 11 | > |------------------+----| > > This is presumably due to integer overflow. > > Secondly, I sometimes want to duplicate the cell which contains a > simple > integer such as 10 without it being incremented to 11 (although the > auto-increment is also very useful). I don't really want to start > setting org-table-copy-increment one way or the other as I'd use both > types of copy equally. > > Two ideas: > > A) Could the table copy feature be altered to do a string-type copy if > integer arithmetic is overflowing or wrapping round? > > And/or > > B) Could there be some keystroke to ignore integer increment and just > treat the number as text? Would 'C-u 0 S-return' do the trick or has > someone got a more elegant combination? C-S-return might also be a > candidate, although it currently seems to mimic C-return and call > (org-insert-heading-after-current). > > Thanks for your consideration. > > -- > Chris Randle > Windows XP SP3 - GNU Emacs 22.1.1 - Org-mode 6.06b > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode