From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Bormann Subject: Re: Using orgtbl-mode with markdown: hfmt1 Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:13:55 +0200 Message-ID: <063BA0F7-DCD2-4042-A9B1-03C7BAD1E430@tzi.org> References: <87fubpl76o.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59191) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsUuE-000436-2C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:14:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsUuA-00088y-Pp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:14:14 -0400 Received: from mailhost.informatik.uni-bremen.de ([2001:638:708:30c9::12]:52404) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsUuA-00082g-GT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:14:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87fubpl76o.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Nicolas Goaziou Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > The point of orgtbl-mode is to edit Org tables, not Markdown tables, > which have a different syntax. The point of a screwdriver is to drive screws. I happened to notice that this particular screwdriver makes a good = chisel, too. Unfortunately, the way things are at the moment means that using this = screwdriver as a chisel damages it (by making me change the native = org-mode table syntax, too). The analogy stops here: Different from an actual screwdriver, it is = possible to add a switch to org-table-align that allows to use it for = either purpose, without damage. (To me, it seems that the existence of an orgtbl-mode minor mode points = out that this kind of use outside org-mode is not an entirely foreign = concept here.) > The usual workflow is to edit the Org mode tables and "send" it to > another location within the same buffer, applying some pre-defined > transformation. See (info "(org) Radio tables") for more information. These workflows would make more sense if I=E2=80=99m working alone on = the document. Well, then I could write them entirely in org-mode in the first place. The point of writing them in markdown is to be able to collaborate with = people who don=E2=80=99t use org-mode (or Emacs, or even a plaintext = editor at all!). > Another option is to add an advice on `org-table-align'. See > `add-advice=E2=80=99. That doesn=E2=80=99t work too well as the tiny change is in the middle = of that function; advice-add could be used to manipulate its input or = its output, but not that small difference in table syntax between = org-mode and github markdown (the main culprit here =E2=80=94 many other = markdown implementations don=E2=80=99t have a problem with org-mode = table syntax). Gr=C3=BC=C3=9Fe, Carsten