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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: New exporter and dates in tables
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:27:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bo9pntym.fsf@norang.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8761zxwlvn.fsf@gmail.com> (Nicolas Goaziou's message of "Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:57:00 +0200")

Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:

> Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> writes:
>
>> I have subtrees with inactive timestamps in the text indicating when
>> something occurred.  I normally don't want to export these.  But I think
>> any table data that includes inactive timestamps should be an exception
>> to this ... otherwise you get output tables with blank cells where the
>> meaningful timestamp data would be.
>
> I understand.
>
> So what exactly should be this exception? Should export ignore <:nil
> option in a whole table, or only when a table cell contains a single
> timestamp? IOW, how would it behaves in the following table:
>
>   | [2013-04-04 Thu] | Lunch at [2013-04-04 Thu] ] |
>
> when `org-export-with-timestamps' is either nil or `active'?

I think keeping it simple is best.  If there is an inactive timestamp in
a table then it should be exported (I consider everything in a table as
data).

>
> Also, this must be documented. Exceptions tend to accumulate a lot and
> make the global behaviour unpredictable. Would you mind providing an
> explanation to this, which would fit in `org-export-with-timestamps'
> docstring?
>

Sure I can do that.  I will follow up with a patch in this thread this
week after the behaviour has been determined.

Regards,
Bernt

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-08 11:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-08  0:05 New exporter and dates in tables Bernt Hansen
2013-04-08  2:18 ` Mike McLean
2013-04-08  6:57 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-04-08 11:27   ` Bernt Hansen [this message]
2013-04-08 11:33     ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-08 19:49       ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-04-09 13:06         ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-10 12:43           ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-04-10 13:12             ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-10 13:16             ` Bastien
2013-04-11 11:28               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-04-11 15:49                 ` Bastien
2013-04-13 10:54                   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-04-13 14:02                     ` Bastien
2013-04-13 17:33                       ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-04-13 21:07                         ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-04-14  9:10                           ` Bastien
2013-04-14  8:58                         ` Bastien
2013-04-14 13:37                           ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-04-14 13:45                             ` Bastien
2013-04-14 13:47                               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-04-14 14:01                                 ` Bastien
2013-04-14 14:06                                   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-04-14 14:24                                     ` Bastien
2013-04-14 20:36                                       ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-04-15  3:58                                         ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-15  6:44                                         ` Bastien
2013-04-16  7:48                                         ` Bastien
2013-08-09  9:35                                           ` Carsten Dominik
2013-08-09 11:02                                             ` Bernt Hansen
2013-08-12  5:45                                               ` Carsten Dominik

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