From: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What to use for tables with lengthy text in cells?
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:25:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871tl7rt1r.fsf@gmx.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAN_Dec9Gt1j4X9D88+geBWMZ-=3uayZSsmGyA6Dzj=vm8v6W9Q@mail.gmail.com
Hi Matt,
Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a project which will require me to enter about a paragraph in each
> of 5 fields several times a day. I would use org tables, but I need to be
> able to see the table contents in the buffer, and org hides long lines. I
> tried using table.el but it feels incredibly clumsy - for instance, I can't
> find a way to add a row to the end of the table, which seems crazy.
AFAIK there's no "word-wrap for tables" (but it would be cool).
I never figured out tabel.el, either. I don't
> I am wondering what other people do in this situation - I guess I could
> use a spreadsheet or an odt document but I would much rather stay in emacs
> if I can.
I'm sure you are already aware of this, but the only way I can think of is
the following:
|-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
| <5> | <5> | <5> | <5> | <5> |
|-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
| | | | | |
#+TBLFM:
Which will truncate the column at <5> characters and where you can edit a
cell with "C-c `"...
—Rasmus
--
Lasciate ogni speranza, voi che leggete questo.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-02 21:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-02 21:12 What to use for tables with lengthy text in cells? Matt Price
2015-03-02 21:25 ` Rasmus [this message]
2015-03-02 23:16 ` Charles C. Berry
2015-03-03 18:08 ` Charles C. Berry
2015-03-03 19:19 ` Tory S. Anderson
2015-03-05 15:13 ` Jude DaShiell
2015-03-05 16:28 ` Skip Collins
2015-03-05 16:56 ` Tory S. Anderson
2015-03-05 17:31 ` Skip Collins
[not found] ` <CAN_Dec8Tt2w4KarPXk0fW2F9GXXczYNBuRkzQpirk83dDgv=SQ@mail.gmail.com>
2015-03-06 16:34 ` Skip Collins
2015-03-06 16:48 ` Tory S. Anderson
2015-03-06 17:47 ` Skip Collins
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