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From: "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Aesthetic/Readability Feature Request (stacking #+TBLFM: lines)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 15:59:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ab52umxx.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13486BF7-9421-4C47-A13D-92C6C9E82C4D@gmail.com> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Mon, 25 May 2009 00:02:54 +0200")

Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> On May 24, 2009, at 7:50 PM, Eric Schulte wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Would it be difficult to allow stacking of table formula lines.  With
>> the current setup I find I often have #+TBLFM lines stretching far
>> past
>> the right margin of my page.
>>
>> For (a very contrived) example, I'd like to be able to replace this
>>
>>
>> | 1 |  2 |  3 |
>> | 2 |  3 |  5 |
>> | 3 |  4 | 36 |
>> | 4 |  5 |    |
>> | 5 |  6 |    |
>> | 6 |  7 |    |
>> | 7 |  8 |    |
>> | 8 |  9 |    |
>> | 9 | 10 |    |
>> #+TBLFM: @1$3=vsum(@1$1..@1$2)::@2$3=vsum(@1$1..@1$2) +
>> 2::@3$3=vsum(@1$1..@8$1)
>
> Well, that line is really only a storage location, it is
> not meant for reading and editing.  Have you tried "C-c '"
> in the table as an alternative.
>
> - Carsten
>

I'm constantly amazed how after years of using org-mode I only seem to
have scratched the surface of it's functionality.  Thanks for the
pointer. -- Eric

>
>>
>>
>> with this
>>
>>
>> | 1 |  2 | 3 |
>> | 2 |  3 |   |
>> | 3 |  4 |   |
>> | 4 |  5 |   |
>> | 5 |  6 |   |
>> | 6 |  7 |   |
>> | 7 |  8 |   |
>> | 8 |  9 |   |
>> | 9 | 10 |   |
>> #+TBLFM: @1$3=vsum(@1$1..@1$2)
>> #+TBLFM: @2$3=vsum(@1$1..@1$2) + 2
>> #+TBLFM: @3$3=vsum(@1$1..@8$1)
>>
>>
>> Thanks -- Eric
>>
>>
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      reply	other threads:[~2009-05-24 22:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-24 17:50 Aesthetic/Readability Feature Request (stacking #+TBLFM: lines) Eric Schulte
2009-05-24 22:02 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-05-24 22:59   ` Eric Schulte [this message]

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