From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Alignment Regexp Should Recognize Currencies Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:43:55 +0200 Message-ID: <87ehy5gvbo.fsf@gnu.org> References: <871uvp4v4v.wl%ded-law@ddoherty.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:42729) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RHZ2h-0004PV-Cc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:43:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RHZ2g-0004Ug-Dg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:43:07 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:62604) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RHZ2g-0004Ua-7C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:43:06 -0400 Received: by wwf27 with SMTP id 27so1314113wwf.30 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:43:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <871uvp4v4v.wl%ded-law@ddoherty.net> (Daniel E. Doherty's message of "Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:01:52 -0500") 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: "Daniel E. Doherty" Cc: Org-mode List Hi Daniel, Daniel E. Doherty writes: > I noticed that the regular expression for recognizing what columns are > numeric in a table for purposes of right-aligning does not pick up > dollar values with commas. > > For example, $23,821,415.18 would be treated as "text" and left-aligned, > which I don't believe is what one would expect. To me, values that are right-aligned are those who are ready for further computation, and letting $3 be right-aligned would be confusing. But I understand your need. Carsten, what do you think? -- Bastien