From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)
To: Subhan Michael Tindall <SubhanT@familycareinc.org>
Cc: "'emacs-orgmode@gnu.org'" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Table block help
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:34:39 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ppbje6cw.fsf@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7c3fd217ab9c47d8a7a67d8b8c0b39ae@fcmailsvr2.familycareinc.org> (Subhan Michael Tindall's message of "Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:19:03 +0000")
Aloha Subhan,
Subhan Michael Tindall <SubhanT@familycareinc.org> writes:
> How does emacs choose what special editor (or if one exists) to call
> when running org-edit-special at point?
>
> I work a lot with data in tables in my org files, and often have
> tables hundreds of lines long that are often pasted in ascii and
> converted to org tables using C-c |
> I generally want the tables to start out folded, which I currently
> accomplish by wrapping them in a #+BEGIN_TABLE/#+END_TABLE block
Or, #+name: mytable, then TAB on the #+name: line.
> I'd love to be able to pop them out into a separate frame for editing
> using C-c ' (org-edit-special), remaining in org mode the whole time.
> I DON"T want to call the formula editor with C-c ', even if I'm within
> the table itself. I could live with this as long as I can jump to
> start of line and pop out into a special buffer.
> It looks like I should be looking toward org-edit-src-code, but it
> does not appear to be easily configurable for new/different language
> types.
A low tech approach: put the table under its own heading then Subtree to
Indirect Buffer, C-c C-x b.
hth,
Tom
> A more advanced solution would be to pop the table out into a
> specialized table-editing minor mode, org major mode with some
> specialized keybindings to assist in editing the tables.
>
> Any ideas? Any quick solutions?
>
> Subhan
>
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> How does emacs choose what special editor (or if one exists) to call
> when running org-edit-special at point?
>
> I work a lot with data in tables in my org files, and often have
> tables hundreds of lines long that are often pasted in ascii and
> converted to org tables using C-c |
>
> I generally want the tables to start out folded, which I currently
> accomplish by wrapping them in a #+BEGIN_TABLE/#+END_TABLE block
>
> I’d love to be able to pop them out into a separate frame for editing
> using C-c ‘ (org-edit-special), remaining in org mode the whole time.
>
> I DON”T want to call the formula editor with C-c ‘, even if I’m within
> the table itself. I could live with this as long as I can jump to
> start of line and pop out into a special buffer.
>
> It looks like I should be looking toward org-edit-src-code, but it
> does not appear to be easily configurable for new/different language
> types.
>
> A more advanced solution would be to pop the table out into a
> specialized table-editing minor mode, org major mode with some
> specialized keybindings to assist in editing the tables.
>
> Any ideas? Any quick solutions?
>
> Subhan
>
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