* Elisp code to insert a word in table
@ 2010-12-03 9:00 ishi soichi
2010-12-03 9:51 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: ishi soichi @ 2010-12-03 9:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi. I'm trying to write an elisp code to enter words into a table of
org-mode.
after designating a buffer, which already contains a table, I simply wrote,
'(insert "test!" @2$2)
does not work obviously.
Do I need to move the "point" to the particular cell before inserting?
Thanks in advance.
soichi
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2010-12-03 9:00 Elisp code to insert a word in table ishi soichi
@ 2010-12-03 9:51 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-12-03 10:52 ` ishi soichi
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From: Carsten Dominik @ 2010-12-03 9:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ishi soichi; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hi Ishi,
On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:00 AM, ishi soichi wrote:
> Hi. I'm trying to write an elisp code to enter words into a table of
> org-mode.
>
> after designating a buffer, which already contains a table, I simply
> wrote,
>
> '(insert "test!" @2$2)
>
> does not work obviously.
indeed.
>
> Do I need to move the "point" to the particular cell before inserting?
You could to that, using the functions org-table-goto-line and then
org-table-goto-column.
However, it is easier to use, for programmatic access to fields, the
functions
`org-table-put' and `org-table-get'.
- Carsten
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* Re: Elisp code to insert a word in table
2010-12-03 9:51 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2010-12-03 10:52 ` ishi soichi
2010-12-04 11:27 ` ishi soichi
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From: ishi soichi @ 2010-12-03 10:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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Thanks for such a quick response!
soichi
2010/12/3 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
> Hi Ishi,
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:00 AM, ishi soichi wrote:
>
> Hi. I'm trying to write an elisp code to enter words into a table of
>> org-mode.
>>
>> after designating a buffer, which already contains a table, I simply
>> wrote,
>>
>> '(insert "test!" @2$2)
>>
>> does not work obviously.
>>
>
> indeed.
>
>
>
>
>> Do I need to move the "point" to the particular cell before inserting?
>>
>
> You could to that, using the functions org-table-goto-line and then
> org-table-goto-column.
>
> However, it is easier to use, for programmatic access to fields, the
> functions
> `org-table-put' and `org-table-get'.
>
> - Carsten
>
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* Re: Elisp code to insert a word in table
2010-12-03 10:52 ` ishi soichi
@ 2010-12-04 11:27 ` ishi soichi
2010-12-04 12:29 ` Nick Dokos
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From: ishi soichi @ 2010-12-04 11:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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Ah, I need more help, though...
I have tried this code. I made it as simple as possible to clarify my
question.
(defun add-word ()
(interactive)
'(org-table-put (@2 $2 "word!")))
and execute in a buffer having a table already. It did not work at all.
But also I kept wondering what could happen if there are two separate tables
in the same buffer? I checked cells with C-c?, then realized that the cell
locations are not unique in more than one table. So, there must be a way to
identify the table in question.
Thanks again.
soichi
2010/12/3 ishi soichi <soichi777@gmail.com>
> Thanks for such a quick response!
>
> soichi
>
> 2010/12/3 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
>
> Hi Ishi,
>>
>>
>> On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:00 AM, ishi soichi wrote:
>>
>> Hi. I'm trying to write an elisp code to enter words into a table of
>>> org-mode.
>>>
>>> after designating a buffer, which already contains a table, I simply
>>> wrote,
>>>
>>> '(insert "test!" @2$2)
>>>
>>> does not work obviously.
>>>
>>
>> indeed.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Do I need to move the "point" to the particular cell before inserting?
>>>
>>
>> You could to that, using the functions org-table-goto-line and then
>> org-table-goto-column.
>>
>> However, it is easier to use, for programmatic access to fields, the
>> functions
>> `org-table-put' and `org-table-get'.
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>
>
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* Re: Elisp code to insert a word in table
2010-12-04 11:27 ` ishi soichi
@ 2010-12-04 12:29 ` Nick Dokos
2010-12-04 23:08 ` ishi soichi
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From: Nick Dokos @ 2010-12-04 12:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ishi soichi; +Cc: nicholas.dokos, emacs-orgmode, Carsten Dominik
ishi soichi <soichi777@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, I need more help, though...
>
> I have tried this code. I made it as simple as possible to clarify my
> question.
>
> (defun add-word ()
> (interactive)
> '(org-table-put (@2 $2 "word!")))
>
> and execute in a buffer having a table already. It did not work at all.
>
Four problems:
o point must be *in* the table before you call org-table-put (which
incidentally also answers your question below about multiple tables).
o line and column are integers: @2 and $2 is syntax for table formulas
in the spreadsheet, not for providing arguments to this function.
o quoting returns the quoted expression unevaluated, so the last line of
your function does not do anything much; in particular, it does *not*
call org-table-put at all (if it had you would have gotten an error).
o lisp functions are called like this: (func arg1 arg2 ...) and *not* like this:
(func (arg1 arg2 ...))
So your function should look something like this:
(defun add-word ()
(interactive)
(save-excursion
(goto-char <some-place-inside-the-table>)
(org-table-put 2 2 "word!" t)))
where you'll have to figure out how to get the point somewhere inside
the table. In the simplest case, providing a character position will
work, but is obviously not very general. I won't try to explain the
save-excursion here: see its documentation for more details.
I'd recommend you spend some time studying the "Introduction to Emacs Lisp"
guide:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-lisp-intro/html_node/index.html
> But also I kept wondering what could happen if there are two separate tables
> in the same buffer? I checked cells with C-c?, then realized that the cell
> locations are not unique in more than one table. So, there must be a way to
> identify the table in question.
>
HTH.
Nick
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