* Converting to a useful table in org-mode?
@ 2014-03-19 0:39 Sharon Kimble
2014-03-19 1:59 ` Michael Weylandt
2014-03-19 2:44 ` Nick Dokos
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From: Sharon Kimble @ 2014-03-19 0:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
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I have this list of books that I've read on my kindle which I now want
to store for posterity in org-mode.
24-11-13 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, fire storm
3-12-13 - Richmal Compton - just Williams New years day
9-12-13 - richmal compton - still william
11-1-14 - Pc wren - beau geste
18-1-14 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, the red leech
26-1-14 - Ian Fleming - casino royale
24-02-14 - Cory doctorow - little brother
How can I create a table of them please?
I've tried highlighting them and then converting the region, but with a bit of elbow-grease and
deletions I get this -
| 24-11-13 | Andrew Lane | young sherlock Holmes, fire storm |
| 3-12-13 | Richmal Compton | just Williams New years day |
| 9-12-13 | richmal compton | still william |
| 11-1-14 | Pc wren | beau geste |
| 18-1-14 | Andrew Lane | young sherlock Holmes, the red leech |
| 26-1-14 | Ian Fleming | casino royale |
| 24-02-14 | Cory doctorow | little brother |
which looks stilted and unnatural! How can I close the gaps in the
cells please and get it all left-aligned? I've tried tabbing in the
cell and that didn't work, and neither did 'C-c C-c'.
Thanks
Sharon.
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* Re: Converting to a useful table in org-mode?
2014-03-19 0:39 Converting to a useful table in org-mode? Sharon Kimble
@ 2014-03-19 1:59 ` Michael Weylandt
2014-03-19 2:44 ` Nick Dokos
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From: Michael Weylandt @ 2014-03-19 1:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sharon Kimble; +Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
On Mar 18, 2014, at 20:39, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> wrote:
> I have this list of books that I've read on my kindle which I now want
> to store for posterity in org-mode.
(OT thus sounds more like tasks/checklists to me)
>
> 24-11-13 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, fire storm
> 3-12-13 - Richmal Compton - just Williams New years day
> 9-12-13 - richmal compton - still william
> 11-1-14 - Pc wren - beau geste
> 18-1-14 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, the red leech
> 26-1-14 - Ian Fleming - casino royale
> 24-02-14 - Cory doctorow - little brother
>
> How can I create a table of them please?
>
> I've tried highlighting them and then converting the region, but with a bit of elbow-grease and
> deletions I get this -
>
> | 24-11-13 | Andrew Lane | young sherlock Holmes, fire storm |
> | 3-12-13 | Richmal Compton | just Williams New years day |
> | 9-12-13 | richmal compton | still william |
> | 11-1-14 | Pc wren | beau geste |
> | 18-1-14 | Andrew Lane | young sherlock Holmes, the red leech |
> | 26-1-14 | Ian Fleming | casino royale |
> | 24-02-14 | Cory doctorow | little brother |
That looks like a table -- assuming the leftmost pipe is the first character in each row, org should recognize it as a table. For me, the most obvious sign involves turning it purple but I'm not sure if that's set by my color theme or not.
If it's a table, just put point anywhere inside it and hit TAB and it should auto align (left justified by default)
If that's not working, please send a copy of the file in question and details of your setup, including but not limited to the output of `M-x org-version` and everything in your .emacs with an "org" in it.
Hope that helps,
Michael
>
> which looks stilted and unnatural! How can I close the gaps in the
> cells please and get it all left-aligned? I've tried tabbing in the
> cell and that didn't work, and neither did 'C-c C-c'.
>
> Thanks
> Sharon.
> --
> A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk
> my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots
> Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.1
> Registered Linux user 561944
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* Re: Converting to a useful table in org-mode?
2014-03-19 0:39 Converting to a useful table in org-mode? Sharon Kimble
2014-03-19 1:59 ` Michael Weylandt
@ 2014-03-19 2:44 ` Nick Dokos
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2014-03-19 2:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
> I have this list of books that I've read on my kindle which I now want
> to store for posterity in org-mode.
>
> 24-11-13 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, fire storm
> 3-12-13 - Richmal Compton - just Williams New years day
> 9-12-13 - richmal compton - still william
> 11-1-14 - Pc wren - beau geste
> 18-1-14 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, the red leech
> 26-1-14 - Ian Fleming - casino royale
> 24-02-14 - Cory doctorow - little brother
>
> How can I create a table of them please?
>
Mark the region and then do
C-u C-u C-u M-x org-table-convert-region RET
When it prompts you for a separator regexp, type ' - ' (without the
quotes, but include the spaces).
--
Nick
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