* How to join cells in tables and center content
@ 2013-05-30 18:53 Ivanov Dmitry
2013-05-31 6:06 ` Bastien
2013-06-01 6:40 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Ivanov Dmitry @ 2013-05-30 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Suppose, I am writing a database table structure.
Is it possible to join the 1-st two cells? And make 'table1' centered?
Current view and desired:
| table1 | | | table1 |
|--------+-------+ |--------+-------+
| id | value | -> | id | value |
| | | | | |
I understand, that it will require programming. Just give me a hint, where is the function, expanding table cells, and I'll try to implement it.
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* Re: How to join cells in tables and center content
2013-05-30 18:53 How to join cells in tables and center content Ivanov Dmitry
@ 2013-05-31 6:06 ` Bastien
2013-05-31 19:27 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-06-01 6:40 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Bastien @ 2013-05-31 6:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ivanov Dmitry; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hi Ivanov,
Ivanov Dmitry <usr345@gmail.com> writes:
> Suppose, I am writing a database table structure.
> Is it possible to join the 1-st two cells? And make 'table1'
> centered?
No.
> Current view and desired:
>
>
> | table1 | | | table1 |
> |--------+-------+ |--------+-------+
> | id | value | -> | id | value |
> | | | | | |
>
>
> I understand, that it will require programming. Just give me a hint,
> where is the function, expanding table cells, and I'll try to
> implement it.
Most code is in org-table.el -- but beware that even with some
programming skills this is a hard-perhaps-impossible task...
Good luck,
--
Bastien
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* Re: How to join cells in tables and center content
2013-05-31 6:06 ` Bastien
@ 2013-05-31 19:27 ` Marcin Borkowski
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From: Marcin Borkowski @ 2013-05-31 19:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Dnia 2013-05-31, o godz. 08:06:58
Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> napisał(a):
> Hi Ivanov,
>
> Ivanov Dmitry <usr345@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Suppose, I am writing a database table structure.
> > Is it possible to join the 1-st two cells? And make 'table1'
> > centered?
>
> No.
>
> > Current view and desired:
> >
> >
> > | table1 | | | table1 |
> > |--------+-------+ |--------+-------+
> > | id | value | -> | id | value |
> > | | | | | |
> >
> >
> > I understand, that it will require programming. Just give me a hint,
> > where is the function, expanding table cells, and I'll try to
> > implement it.
>
> Most code is in org-table.el -- but beware that even with some
> programming skills this is a hard-perhaps-impossible task...
Just random thoughts here:
It would definitely require some syntax so that Org knows that you
don't want to just extend the whole column to the width of two
columns. Maybe something like <n> (setting of the width), but
probably something along the lines of #+TBLFM (some kind of
syntax /below/ the table) might be better.
In general, joining cells seems to be a potentially tough problem,
especially if you want to allow joining them vertically, too
(and /years/ of LaTeX experience (not mine) show that if you give
people horizontal joining, at some point they /will/ want vertical
one... In Polish, we have a saying for that: "give it a finger, and it
will bite off your hand";).)
That said, I'd welcome such a feature.
> Good luck,
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University
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* Re: How to join cells in tables and center content
2013-05-30 18:53 How to join cells in tables and center content Ivanov Dmitry
2013-05-31 6:06 ` Bastien
@ 2013-06-01 6:40 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Carsten Dominik @ 2013-06-01 6:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ivanov Dmitry; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
On 30.5.2013, at 20:53, Ivanov Dmitry <usr345@gmail.com> wrote:
> Suppose, I am writing a database table structure.
> Is it possible to join the 1-st two cells? And make 'table1' centered?
> Current view and desired:
>
>
> | table1 | | | table1 |
> |--------+-------+ |--------+-------+
> | id | value | -> | id | value |
> | | | | | |
>
>
> I understand, that it will require programming. Just give me a hint, where is the function, expanding table cells, and I'll try to implement it.
Hi Dmitry,
you can create such tables using table.el and use them in Org.
But the org-mode tables will not accommodate such a feature,
would be too hard.
- Carsten
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