From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Subject: List-table feature (or a potential quick and easy mullti-lines table in org?) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:04:50 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf300fb351569e36049eaba179 Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56460 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q0B0f-0006VI-3b for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:04:54 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0B0e-00067b-0J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:04:53 -0400 Received: from mail-qw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.216.41]:39810) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0B0d-00067M-U4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:04:51 -0400 Received: by qwa26 with SMTP id 26so2528915qwa.0 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:04:50 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs org-mode mailing list --20cf300fb351569e36049eaba179 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear Orgers, I would have a question for you. I'm writing more and more documentation in OrgMode (with HTML and DocBook exports) and I'm very happy with it. There's a little hitch though on tables. Org tables are great with one known and documented constraints: it does not accept multi lines [1]. In some types of documents it can be a challenge, however, editing large columns could be a mess too. I'm thinking about a potential alternative and I would like to know if anyone here would know if this can be done with org. ReStructured Text [2] has a nice feature called list-tables. As you can guess from the name, you write a list and an instruction to process it and it creates a table out of the list in the export target. See the ReST documentation for a quick explanation [3]. What is does it to transform a nested list in a simple table. And potentially it would make long list items / table content easy to edit. Does anyone has heard of such a possibility in Org? Many thanks to all! -- Ben [1] http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#table-multiline-fields [2] http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html [3] http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/directives.html#list-table --20cf300fb351569e36049eaba179 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear Orgers,=A0

I would ha= ve a question for you. I'm writing more and more documentation in OrgMo= de (with HTML and DocBook exports) and I'm very happy with it. There= 9;s a little hitch though on tables. Org tables are great with one known an= d documented constraints: it does not accept multi lines [1].=A0

In some types of documents it can be a challenge, howev= er, editing large columns could be a mess too.

I&#= 39;m thinking about a potential alternative and I would like to know if any= one here would know if this can be done with org.
ReStructured Text [2] has a nice feature called list-tables. As you ca= n guess from the name, you write a list and an instruction to process it an= d it creates a table out of the list in the export target. See the ReST doc= umentation for a quick explanation [3]. What is does it to transform a nest= ed list in a simple table. And potentially it would make long list items / = table content easy to edit.=A0

Does anyone has heard of such a possibility in Org?=A0<= /div>

Many thanks to all!

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