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From: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Could org-mode implement multiple rows in tables?
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:03:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fvdet1ej.fsf@gmx.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 546D8EE8.6010304@gmail.com

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

-- 
One thing that is clear: it's all down hill from here 

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2014-11-20 14:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-20  6:49 Could org-mode implement multiple rows in tables? Ma Jiehong
2014-11-20 14:03 ` Rasmus [this message]
2014-11-20 14:11   ` Rasmus

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