From: Aldric Giacomoni <trevoke@gmail.com>
To: Omid <omidlink@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Feature request: creating separate tables on same rows
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 16:47:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHGcNQ_+AZJWa6Z6U_2yh4xLyQJk5ySR+OTg1jZ3VCFgEXucgA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5390CE56.4020909@gmail.com>
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I did -want- to do that.
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Omid <omidlink@gmail.com> wrote:
> Then I misunderstood you. I thought you wanted to create tables side
> by sides. This of course allows you to look at different parts of your
> buffer side by side, with the additional features I mentioned.
>
> On 06/05/2014 03:54 PM, Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
> > Omid: The idea is C-x 3, clone-indirect-buffer, so I can see and modify
> > the same buffer in two different places. So.. A workaround, not a
> solution.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Omid <omidlink@gmail.com
> > <mailto:omidlink@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > With clone-indirect-buffer you'll get a twin copy of your original
> > buffer. You are in effect editing the same buffer in two different ,
> > with some additional niceties like having separate modes and
> > narrow-to-region, etc (see an example usage at
> > http://demonastery.org/2013/04/emacs-narrow-to-region-indirect/). I
> > don't see how this can help with your problem, though.
> >
> > On 06/05/2014 12:52 PM, Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
> > > Aldric Giacomoni <trevoke@gmail.com <mailto: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
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Omid
> >
> > Sent from my Emacs
> >
> >
>
> --
> Omid
>
> Sent from my Emacs
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-05 20:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-05 15:50 Feature request: creating separate tables on same rows Aldric Giacomoni
2014-06-05 16:52 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-06-05 19:28 ` Omid
2014-06-05 19:54 ` Aldric Giacomoni
2014-06-05 20:08 ` Omid
2014-06-05 20:47 ` Aldric Giacomoni [this message]
2014-06-05 21:15 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-06-05 23:06 ` Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo
2014-06-05 23:33 ` Aldric Giacomoni
2014-06-06 9:19 ` Rainer M Krug
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