From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Subject: Re: Could org-mode implement multiple rows in tables? Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:03:16 +0100 Message-ID: <87fvdet1ej.fsf@gmx.us> References: <546D8EE8.6010304@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43193) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XrSKe-00009y-DH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:03:43 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XrSKW-0004QD-Tj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:03:36 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:39491) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XrSKW-0004Q3-Nn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:03:28 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XrSKV-0005k1-LA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:03:27 +0100 Received: from 168.96.135.37.dynamic.jazztel.es ([37.135.96.168]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:03:27 +0100 Received: from rasmus by 168.96.135.37.dynamic.jazztel.es with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:03:27 +0100 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Ma, Ma Jiehong 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