* Printable calendar?
@ 2014-05-30 14:20 Peter Davis
2014-05-30 15:23 ` Peter Davis
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Peter Davis @ 2014-05-30 14:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
I'm trying to make a printable calendar of my bike commuting trips during the month of May. I don't need any fancy calendar functions, so I figured a simple table would do it. I
created the ord file whose contents are below, but when I export to HTML, there are some quirks ...
1) Some of the dates are right aligned within the cells, and others left.
2) I'd like to have full borders on the table
Also, is there a better way to do this? I know emacs has calendar tools, and org has diary and agenda tools, but they seemed like overkill for trying to get a simple calendar page
printed.
Thanks,
-pd
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#+STARTUP: showeverything logdone
#+options: num:nil toc:nil
#+author: Peter Davis
#+title: Every Day in May 2014
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | AM: 3.6 | AM: 3.6 | AM: 7.6 |
| | | | | PM: 3.7 | PM: 3.7 | AM: 7.6 |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | | | | | | |
| AM: 11.4 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 5.1 | AM: 3.6 | AM: 3.3 | AM: 5.1 |
| | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| | | | *BIKE* | | | AM: 7.6 |
| | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 9.2 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | M: 6.1 |
| | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 9.7 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 13.3 |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| | | | | | | |
| | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.6 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 7.0 | AM: 5.5 |
| | PM: 3.2 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | | |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| *BIKE* | | | *TRIKE* | | | |
| AM: 16.2 | | AM: 3.6 | | AM: 3.8 | AM: 3.6 | |
| | PM: 5.1 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 7.3 | PM: 3.3 | | |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
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* Re: Printable calendar?
2014-05-30 14:20 Printable calendar? Peter Davis
@ 2014-05-30 15:23 ` Peter Davis
2014-05-30 17:20 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Peter Davis @ 2014-05-30 15:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Ok, I was able to get the column rules I want. (See below)
I'm still puzzled by the right/left alignment. In the org buffer the columns appear correctly aligned, but in HTML output, the left (Sun) and right (Sat) columns are right-aligned,
while all the others are left-aligned.
Clues?
Thanks,
-pd
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#+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :frame border
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| / | <> | <> | <> | <> | <> | <> |
| | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | AM: 3.6 | AM: 3.6 | AM: 7.6 |
| | | | | PM: 3.7 | PM: 3.7 | AM: 7.6 |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | | | | | | |
| AM: 11.4 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 5.1 | AM: 3.6 | AM: 3.3 | AM: 5.1 |
| | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| | | | *BIKE* | | | AM: 7.6 |
| | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 9.2 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | M: 6.1 |
| | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 9.7 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 13.3 |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| | | | | | | |
| | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.6 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 7.0 | AM: 5.5 |
| | PM: 3.2 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | | |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| *BIKE* | | | *TRIKE* | | | |
| AM: 16.2 | | AM: 3.6 | | AM: 3.8 | AM: 3.6 | |
| | PM: 5.1 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 7.3 | PM: 3.3 | | |
|----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
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* Re: Printable calendar?
2014-05-30 15:23 ` Peter Davis
@ 2014-05-30 17:20 ` Nick Dokos
2014-05-31 12:32 ` Peter Davis
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2014-05-30 17:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
> Ok, I was able to get the column rules I want. (See below)
>
> I'm still puzzled by the right/left alignment. In the org buffer the
> columns appear correctly aligned, but in HTML output, the left (Sun)
> and right (Sat) columns are right-aligned,
> while all the others are left-aligned.
>
> Clues?
>
You can force the misbehaving columns to behave - more or less: the M
value on the 17th will cause problems (btw, I prefer
to have a non-exported "zeroth" column for things like / and !
that are basically table metadata - see (info "(org) Advanced features")
for details):
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :frame border
| | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| / | <l> | <> | <> | <> | <> | <> | <l> |
|---+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | AM: 3.6 | AM: 3.6 | AM: 7.6 |
| | | | | | PM: 3.7 | PM: 3.7 | AM: 7.6 |
|---+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | | | | | | | |
| | AM: 11.4 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 5.1 | AM: 3.6 | AM: 3.3 | AM: 5.1 |
| | | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | |
|---+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| | | | | *BIKE* | | | AM: 7.6 |
| | | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 9.2 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | M: 6.1 |
| | | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 9.7 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 13.3 |
|---+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.6 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 3.7 | AM: 7.0 | AM: 5.5 |
| | | PM: 3.2 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 3.3 | | |
|---+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
| | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| | *BIKE* | | | *TRIKE* | | | |
| | AM: 16.2 | | AM: 3.6 | | AM: 3.8 | AM: 3.6 | |
| | | PM: 5.1 | PM: 3.3 | PM: 7.3 | PM: 3.3 | | |
|---+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------|
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
The misbehaviour is caused by the heuristic used in
org-export-table-cell-alignment:
,----
| Return alignment as specified by the last alignment cookie in the
| same column as TABLE-CELL. If no such cookie is found, a default
| alignment value will be deduced from fraction of numbers in the
| column (see `org-table-number-fraction' for more information).
`----
You can play around with org-table-number-fraction (default: 0.5) to
change the behaviour. A value of 0.25 will right-align them all, whereas
a value of 0.75 will left-align them all. But I wouldn't want to bet my
life on that: it depends on the contents of the table so it seems like a
fragile solution at best.
BTW, the 0.25 and 0.75 values above are purely trial-and-error (actually
derived from the smallest ratio I found edebugging over the columns:
6/21).
Nick
Footnotes:
[fn:1] The heuristic counts empty cells as numbers if the non-empty row
above it is a number, so for the first column for example, there
are 21 cells and 11 of them are "numbers".
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2014-05-30 17:20 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2014-05-31 12:32 ` Peter Davis
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Peter Davis @ 2014-05-31 12:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nick Dokos; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 01:20:21PM -0400, Nick Dokos wrote:
> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
>
> > Ok, I was able to get the column rules I want. (See below)
> >
> > I'm still puzzled by the right/left alignment. In the org buffer the
> > columns appear correctly aligned, but in HTML output, the left (Sun)
> > and right (Sat) columns are right-aligned,
> > while all the others are left-aligned.
> >
> > Clues?
> >
>
> You can force the misbehaving columns to behave - more or less: the M
> value on the 17th will cause problems (btw, I prefer
> to have a non-exported "zeroth" column for things like / and !
> that are basically table metadata - see (info "(org) Advanced features")
> for details):
>
Thanks, Nick. That worked beautifully (once I noticed that May has 31 days instead of 30 twice.)
> The misbehaviour is caused by the heuristic used in
> org-export-table-cell-alignment:
>
> ,----
> | Return alignment as specified by the last alignment cookie in the
> | same column as TABLE-CELL. If no such cookie is found, a default
> | alignment value will be deduced from fraction of numbers in the
> | column (see `org-table-number-fraction' for more information).
> `----
>
> You can play around with org-table-number-fraction (default: 0.5) to
> change the behaviour. A value of 0.25 will right-align them all, whereas
> a value of 0.75 will left-align them all. But I wouldn't want to bet my
> life on that: it depends on the contents of the table so it seems like a
> fragile solution at best.
>
> BTW, the 0.25 and 0.75 values above are purely trial-and-error (actually
> derived from the smallest ratio I found edebugging over the columns:
> 6/21).
>
> Nick
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [fn:1] The heuristic counts empty cells as numbers if the non-empty row
> above it is a number, so for the first column for example, there
> are 21 cells and 11 of them are "numbers".
>
Interesting, but it sounds to me like org is trying to be too smart for its own good here, making inferences based on the contents of the
cells. I'll stick with the '<l>' notation, which seems more reliable.
Thank you!
-pd
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