From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sivaram Neelakantan Subject: working with delimited files Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:47:56 +0530 Message-ID: <82hb72ulaz.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44898) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdkvJ-00018n-DB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:18:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdkvI-0007Uv-CK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:18:57 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:56853) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdkvI-0007Un-0B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:18:56 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QdkvG-0006nW-MN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:18:54 +0200 Received: from 122.178.219.230 ([122.178.219.230]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:18:54 +0200 Received: from nsivaram.net by 122.178.219.230 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:18:54 +0200 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 I sometimes work with files looking like this BEL EQ 13-Jan-2006 978.85 988.9 1050 983 1025 1024.5 1025.94 276666 2838.429191 BEL EQ 16-Jan-2006 1024.5 1030 1043 1001.5 1003.5 1008.65 1027.02 72409 743.655 BEL EQ 17-Jan-2006 1008.65 1010 1030 985.1 993.75 989.95 1013.83 102589 1040.07 BEL EQ 18-Jan-2006 989.95 984 1006.8 963.6 1002.15 999.45 990.75 94266 933.9413 When I have a few thousand rows like this, this becomes difficult to read, so I tend to a) M-x org-mode b) C-x h followed by C-c | This makes it easier to read as you can see below | BEL | EQ | 02-Jan-2006 | 993.15 | 998 | 1001 | 983 |.. | BEL | EQ | 03-Jan-2006 | 989.05 | 999.5 | 1000 | 989.9 |.. | BEL | EQ | 04-Jan-2006 | 994.35 | 998 | 1014 | 986.15 |.. How do I use the overlay for editing but keep the underlying file structure? If I do an C-C C-e, I get unnecessary headers and the fields are tabbed out and I have to save it as a different file. Ideally, I'd like to keep the file structure as it is and just use org-mode to provide viewing structure while editing. sivaram --