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From: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Feature request: creating separate tables on same rows
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:52:56 +0200
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Aldric Giacomoni <trevoke@gmail.com> writes:

> I'd like to be able to create multiple tables on the same rows, like
> such:
>
> | Group | Name | | Something | Else |
> |----------+----------| |-----------------+----- --|
> | 1 | foo | | Yes | No |
> |----------+----------| |-----------------+-------|
>
> This might be based on a pretty fundamental misunderstanding of how to
> use tables, org-mode and emacs, but I would find it useful to be able
> to compare tables and making changes easily without scrolling too
> much.
>
> Someone on #emacs pointed me towards clone-indirect-buffer, which
> works for my purposes, but I figured I'd ask here and ask all you
> experts if this idea is reasonable or crazy-pants.

1+ for crazy-pants

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten