* Could org-mode implement multiple rows in tables?
@ 2014-11-20 6:49 Ma Jiehong
2014-11-20 14:03 ` Rasmus
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From: Ma Jiehong @ 2014-11-20 6:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hello!
First of all, I am pleased to send my first email to the mailing list of
org-mode! I have been using org-mode for several years, and I am very
happy with it.
However, I would like to know if a new feature could be implemented.
Currently, org-mode tables are neat, and very easy to use. One of the
features available, is column grouping by adding "<" and ">" to the
required columns.
But what about having some cells spanning through more than 1 row (that
is to say, vertically)?
Was that already been considered in the past, and if so, why was it
rejected? Perhaps, this could be feasible now?
Regards,
Jiehong
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* Re: Could org-mode implement multiple rows in tables?
2014-11-20 6:49 Could org-mode implement multiple rows in tables? Ma Jiehong
@ 2014-11-20 14:03 ` Rasmus
2014-11-20 14:11 ` Rasmus
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From: Rasmus @ 2014-11-20 14:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Ma,
Ma Jiehong <ma.jiehong@gmail.com> writes:
> But what about having some cells spanning through more than 1 row
> (that is to say, vertically)?
Just to understand, you are asking for something like this:
| | b |
| a |---|
| | c |
It's not supported ATM. You could probably make an export filter to get
it in the output, if that's what you are looking for.
There's table.el-tables which support this kind of thing, but they are
not really convenient to work with, and at least in LaTeX they will not
easily support booktabs (last I checked).
> Was that already been considered in the past, and if so, why was it
> rejected?
I don't know.
> Perhaps, this could be feasible now?
Of course it would be feasible, but it would probably require *a lot* of
work, and you haven't argued why this is compelling.
Personally, I can see the use of multicolumns,
| a |
|--------|
| b | c |
but less so of multirows.
Hope it helps,
Rasmus
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* Re: Could org-mode implement multiple rows in tables?
2014-11-20 14:03 ` Rasmus
@ 2014-11-20 14:11 ` Rasmus
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From: Rasmus @ 2014-11-20 14:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:
>> Perhaps, this could be feasible now?
>
> Of course it would be feasible, but it would probably require *a lot* of
> work, and you haven't argued why this is compelling.
How would I even specify "a" as a multirow in the following matrix?
Maybe some signal could be used like <⋯> in the case of vertical-border
groups.
| a | b |
| | c |
—Rasmus
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