From: Vicente Vera <vicentemvp@gmail.com>
To: Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: exporting markdown with tables
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 18:24:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMfbzvBYQ4R0dLuW4GH-xHjy7Re7ZN5R=yb+HUH28WtMYsSYTw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1496508393.398979.997639488.57C94D91@webmail.messagingengine.com>
Cool, you're welcome. It is not the most convenient solution, but
keeping your tables in Editorial Markdown syntax should work:
#+BEGIN_EXPORT md
Cat | Fur |
--- | --- |
A | A lot |
B | None |
#+END_EXPORT
2017-06-03 16:46 GMT+00:00 Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>:
> Thanks, Vincente.
>
> I'm specifically aiming at the Markdown syntax supported by the Editorial
> app, which does include markup for tables. Unfortunately, it looks like
> Editorial's Markdown doesn't use the initial '|', so simply exporting the
> org markup won't work without some editing.
>
> Thanks!
> -pd
>
> On Sat, Jun 3, 2017, at 12:31 PM, Vicente Vera wrote:
>> There are several Markdown "forks" which have different sets of features.
>>
>> AFAIK the markdown exporter in Org is based upon John Gruber's
>> Markdown, which does not include a syntax for tables. Thus all tables
>> in Org documents get exported as HTML.
>>
>> A workaround is to wrap your Org tables as:
>>
>> #+BEGIN_EXPORT md
>> | Name | Years |
>> | Edward | 44 |
>> | Sylvia | 45 |
>> #+END_EXPORT
>>
>> On export to Markdown the tables will be kept unmodified as Org syntax.
>>
>> It is important that you know which flavor of Markdown you're
>> targeting, because not all versions accept tables in Org syntax.
>> Pandoc's Markdown have a similar syntax for "pipe tables". However,
>> you may type all tables in any syntax accepted by your Markdown
>> version and keep them wrapped in #+BEGIN_EXPORT tags.
>>
>> 2017-06-03 13:41 GMT+00:00 Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>:
>> >
>> > I'd like to be able to move easily between org-mode and the IOS app
>> > Editorial, which is mainly based around markdown syntax. I can
>> > easily export markdown from org-mode, but the tables seems to come
>> > through as straight HTML, as opposed to markdown's table
>> > syntax. This makes it more difficult to edit the resulting files.
>> >
>> > Is there a way to get org to export to markdown using md's table syntax?
>> >
>> > (FWIW, I tried using pandoc, but this just removed the table syntax
>> > altogether, so an entire table would just run together into a
>> > paragraph of gibberish.)
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > -pd
>> >
>> >
>
>
> --
> Peter Davis
> www.techcurmudgeon.com
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-04 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-03 13:41 exporting markdown with tables Peter Davis
2017-06-03 16:31 ` Vicente Vera
2017-06-03 16:46 ` Peter Davis
2017-06-04 18:24 ` Vicente Vera [this message]
2017-06-04 20:38 ` Charles C. Berry
2017-06-04 21:57 ` Peter Davis
2017-06-04 10:49 ` Joost Kremers
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