* interleaving comment between rows of a table?
@ 2022-03-07 15:18 Greg Minshall
2022-03-07 15:54 ` Juan Manuel Macías
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From: Greg Minshall @ 2022-03-07 15:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
hi, all.
i don't remember anybody asking about this.
i'd sometimes find it useful to be able to interleave comments -- using
(almost) whatever syntax -- between rows in an org-mode table.
(normally, this would be to provide context/rationale for the subsequent
row(s).)
something like:
----
| column name | another name |
|-------------+----------------|
# i put this in early
| some data | some more data |
# this helps with some issue
| a bit more | on the way |
----
is there any known way to do this? some switch, or an exposed regexp?
cheers, Greg
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* Re: interleaving comment between rows of a table?
2022-03-07 15:18 interleaving comment between rows of a table? Greg Minshall
@ 2022-03-07 15:54 ` Juan Manuel Macías
2022-03-07 19:13 ` Greg Minshall
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Juan Manuel Macías @ 2022-03-07 15:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg Minshall; +Cc: orgmode
Hi Greg,
Greg Minshall writes:
> i don't remember anybody asking about this.
>
> i'd sometimes find it useful to be able to interleave comments -- using
> (almost) whatever syntax -- between rows in an org-mode table.
> (normally, this would be to provide context/rationale for the subsequent
> row(s).)
I find the annotate package useful for inserting comments and
annotations in "difficult" places. I find annotations in the margin (as
overlays) intrusive, so I have set this variable, so that the
annotations appear only in the echo area and as a tooltip:
(setq annotate-use-echo-area t)
See this screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/koKYL0K.png
Other possible settings for annotate:
(set-face-attribute 'annotate-highlight nil :foreground "chocolate" :background nil :underline nil)
(set-face-attribute 'annotate-highlight-secondary nil :foreground "chocolate" :background nil :underline nil)
(setq annotate-file "path/to/my/annotate/file")
Best regards,
Juan Manuel
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* Re: interleaving comment between rows of a table?
2022-03-07 15:54 ` Juan Manuel Macías
@ 2022-03-07 19:13 ` Greg Minshall
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Greg Minshall @ 2022-03-07 19:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juan Manuel Macías; +Cc: orgmode
Juan Manuel,
> I find the annotate package useful for inserting comments and
> annotations in "difficult" places.
thanks -- annotate looks very applicable!
cheers, Greg
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