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* Several headers on a table
@ 2019-10-20 12:15 Cecil Westerhof
  2019-10-20 18:42 ` briangpowell .
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From: Cecil Westerhof @ 2019-10-20 12:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I have the following table:
|--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| Image quality      |  HD | MP4 | STD |  HD | MP4 | STD |
|--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| NP-FV30 (supplied) |  90 | 100 |  95 |  45 |  50 |  45 |
| NP-FV50            | 170 | 190 | 180 |  85 |  95 |  90 |
| NP-FV70            | 355 | 395 | 375 | 175 | 195 | 185 |
| NP-FV100           | 710 | 785 | 745 | 355 | 390 | 370 |
|--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|

But I like to put the following headers above it:
|--------------------+-----------------------------------|
|                    | Recording Time                    |
|--------------------+-----------------------------------|
|--------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
| Battery pack       | Continuous      | Typical         |
|--------------------+-----------------+-----------------|

So I would get:
|--------------------+-----------------------------------|
|                    | Recording Time                    |
|--------------------+-----------------------------------|
|--------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
| Battery pack       | Continuous      | Typical         |
|--------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
|--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| Image quality      |  HD | MP4 | STD |  HD | MP4 | STD |
|--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| NP-FV30 (supplied) |  90 | 100 |  95 |  45 |  50 |  45 |
| NP-FV50            | 170 | 190 | 180 |  85 |  95 |  90 |
| NP-FV70            | 355 | 395 | 375 | 175 | 195 | 185 |
| NP-FV100           | 710 | 785 | 745 | 355 | 390 | 370 |
|--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|

Would that be possible?

-- 
Cecil Westerhof

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* Re: Several headers on a table
  2019-10-20 12:15 Several headers on a table Cecil Westerhof
@ 2019-10-20 18:42 ` briangpowell .
  2019-10-21  4:38   ` Cecil Westerhof
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: briangpowell . @ 2019-10-20 18:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Cecil Westerhof; +Cc: emacs-orgmode

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* Many years ago I asked that such features be programmed into OrgMode--for
Multivariate Statistics output--they flatly refused and said there would be
no plans to do so

** In retrospect; and, in the future, after much thought about it: I very
much agree with and respect the main of the OrgMode developers & there
decisions in this case

*** Because you can always simply type in such parts of the "exterior
table" and represent the fact that your table is Multivariate Statistics
output--output from statistical software like SAS {which I've made such
tables from--believe it was with the SAS Tabulate subsystem software}

**** Also, OrgMode leverages the abilities of Donald Knuth's Tex/LaTeX
typesetting system--which can output beautiful Multivariate Statistics in
the format you seek

**** OrgMode leverages Emacs Calc for the guts of the engine that operates
on living and changing tables--OrgMode tables

**** OrgMode operates on tables AFTER their initially generated--and in
that way your tables enable the use of ANY programming language { through
OrgMode's BabelMode etc.} to become a Functional Programming Language that
operates on whatever is inside the main tables--and you define the
functions--which are Emacs Calc functions that make up the tables {and this
opens up your abilities to calculate on-the-fly tables and functions
operating within those functions to a staggering degree--Emacs Calc is a
very powerful software subsystem in and of itself}

** But back to your main question; and, away from the philosophy behind
OrgMode: Suggest you do this:

|--------------+-----------------+-----------------------------|
|              | Recording Time  |                             |

|--------------+-----------------+-----------------------------|
| Battery pack | Continuous    5 | Typical       5555555555555 |
|              |                 |                             |
|--------------+-----------------+-----------------------------|

|--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| Image quality      |  HD | MP4 | STD |  HD | MP4 | STD | XYZ |
|--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| NP-FV30 (supplied) |  90 | 100 |  95 |  45 |  50 |  45 | 555 |
| NP-FV50            | 170 | 190 | 180 |  85 |  95 |  90 | 555 |
| NP-FV70            | 355 | 395 | 375 | 175 | 195 | 185 | 555 |
| NP-FV100           | 710 | 785 | 745 | 355 | 390 | 370 | 555 |
|--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|

** Then just hit "Tab" inside each of the sub-pieces (to make it pretty
again) & delete the 5's and the 2 lines separating the table pieces, voila,
you have Multivariate Output tables that look very pretty, like SAS or TeX
output and still have all of the methods accrued to you through OrgMode and
the EmacsCalc subsystem to operate on and update the main guts of the table
and with OrgMode and BabelMode you can do it with any language and/or
extend it to accommodate your own or a new language




On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 8:18 AM Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have the following table:
> |--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
> | Image quality      |  HD | MP4 | STD |  HD | MP4 | STD |
> |--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
> | NP-FV30 (supplied) |  90 | 100 |  95 |  45 |  50 |  45 |
> | NP-FV50            | 170 | 190 | 180 |  85 |  95 |  90 |
> | NP-FV70            | 355 | 395 | 375 | 175 | 195 | 185 |
> | NP-FV100           | 710 | 785 | 745 | 355 | 390 | 370 |
> |--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
>
> But I like to put the following headers above it:
> |--------------------+-----------------------------------|
> |                    | Recording Time                    |
> |--------------------+-----------------------------------|
> |--------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
> | Battery pack       | Continuous      | Typical         |
> |--------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
>
> So I would get:
> |--------------------+-----------------------------------|
> |                    | Recording Time                    |
> |--------------------+-----------------------------------|
> |--------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
> | Battery pack       | Continuous      | Typical         |
> |--------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
> |--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
> | Image quality      |  HD | MP4 | STD |  HD | MP4 | STD |
> |--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
> | NP-FV30 (supplied) |  90 | 100 |  95 |  45 |  50 |  45 |
> | NP-FV50            | 170 | 190 | 180 |  85 |  95 |  90 |
> | NP-FV70            | 355 | 395 | 375 | 175 | 195 | 185 |
> | NP-FV100           | 710 | 785 | 745 | 355 | 390 | 370 |
> |--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
>
> Would that be possible?
>
> --
> Cecil Westerhof
>

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* Re: Several headers on a table
  2019-10-20 18:42 ` briangpowell .
@ 2019-10-21  4:38   ` Cecil Westerhof
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Cecil Westerhof @ 2019-10-21  4:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

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Op zo 20 okt. 2019 om 20:42 schreef briangpowell . <briangpowellms@gmail.com
>:

> * Many years ago I asked that such features be programmed into
> OrgMode--for Multivariate Statistics output--they flatly refused and said
> there would be no plans to do so
>

I did not except it to be the case, but it does not hurt to check.
Thanks.
-- 
Cecil Westerhof

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