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From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: "François Pinard" <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Python code for producing Org tables
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:35:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wqw8walq.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8638z2yaer.fsf@mercure.progiciels-bpi.ca> ("François Pinard"'s message of "Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:43:08 -0500")

Hi François,

François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> I recently needed to produce Org tables from within Python, splitting
> them as needed to fit within a preset width.  I append the code after my
> signature, in case it would be useful to others (or even, if you have
> ideas to improve it).

Thanks for the code, if some can test it and put it on worg, all the
better (if you agree of course.)

> One thing I only realized after writing this, however, is that I wrongly
> thought Org mode was aligning floating numbers on the decimal period,
> while it merely right align floating numbers regardless of the position
> of the period.  So, I turn my mistake into a suggestion, as I think it
> would be more convenient if Org mode was aligning floating numbers more
> appropriately.

Is it a standard practise when displaying float numbers in
spreadsheets/tables?

If so, this is a nice Elisp challenge for anyone willing to
implement it :)  I won't try it myself for now.

-- 
 Bastien

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2012-12-24  0:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-19  3:43 Python code for producing Org tables François Pinard
2012-12-24  0:35 ` Bastien [this message]
2012-12-24 12:39   ` François Pinard
2012-12-24 13:12     ` Bastien
2012-12-24 13:26       ` Dov Grobgeld
2012-12-25 13:10         ` François Pinard
2012-12-25 13:04       ` François Pinard

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