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From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-table: Reference *one* cell below a hline?
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:49:51 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fvjjuzj4.fsf@alphaville.bos.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8da8b453-a66b-43cd-a36f-246f7a80f254@dewdrop-world.net

James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:

> On Friday, May 30, 2014 7:50:39 PM HKT, Bastien wrote:
>> James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:
>>> I have this:
>>>
>>> | Section  | Seconds |
>>> |----------+---------|
>>> | Theme    |      54 |
>>> | 12/8     |      80 |
>>> | 6/8      |      66 |
>>> | Clarinet |     116 |
>>> | Oboe     |      89 |
>>> | Bassoon  |      60 |
>>> |----------+---------|
>>> |          |         |
>>>
>>> #+TBLFM: @II+1$2=vsum(@I$2..@II$2)
>>
>> When I run this from master, I get this user-error:
>>
>> "Can't assign to hline relative reference"
>>
>> which implies that hline relative references are not supported here.
>> Don't you get this error?  What version of Org and Emacs are you
>> running? 
>
> Org-version says "Org-mode version 8.2.5f (release_8.2.5f-518-gd74205
> @ /home/dlm/share/org-mode.git/lisp/)" -- the latest commit in my
> working environment is af6f14d9. And, "This is GNU Emacs 23.3.1
> (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)."
>
> If assigning to an hline-relative reference is not supported, would it
> be a valid feature request?
>

Not sure how hard it would be to implement, but at least in this
particular case (getting to the last row or the last few rows of the
table), I'd recommend against using hlines as a reference: use @>, @>>,
etc.  instead.

Do you have a need for an hline-relative reference somewhere in the
middle of a table?

Nick

  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-05 15:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-29  9:22 org-table: Reference *one* cell below a hline? James Harkins
2014-05-30 11:50 ` Bastien
2014-06-05  3:18   ` James Harkins
2014-06-05 15:49     ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2014-07-28  8:49       ` Bastien

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