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From: Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
To: Gavin Downard <gavin.downard@runbox.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lisp/org-table.el: Allow named columns on lhs
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:15:13 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3f2ddcff-1be1-e0dd-8cd3-f15f35d6393f@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874jm01h1x.fsf@localhost>

On 19/07/2023 14:44, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> 
> Do I understand correctly the named columns where not allowed at all in
> the left side of the formulas previously?

When I tried table formulas a couple of years ago I was surprised that 
it is not possible to use column names to specify target cells. At first 
glance it should be a great feature. Have you searched the mailing list 
archive whether it was requested earlier? There are might be reasons why 
it has not been implemented. Org spreadsheets are quite complicated.



  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-21 15:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-19  2:36 [PATCH] lisp/org-table.el: Allow named columns on lhs Gavin Downard
2023-07-19  7:44 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-21 15:15   ` Max Nikulin [this message]
2023-07-21 18:33     ` Gavin Downard
2023-07-22  2:12       ` Max Nikulin
2023-07-22  7:25         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-22 13:16           ` Max Nikulin
2023-07-22 13:25             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-22 12:45 ` Max Nikulin
2023-07-22 18:21   ` Gavin Downard
2023-07-23  6:50     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-24  3:25       ` Gavin Downard
2023-07-24  7:23         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-24 15:17 ` Max Nikulin
2023-07-24 20:29   ` Gavin Downard
2023-07-25 15:01     ` Max Nikulin
2023-07-26 21:50       ` Gavin Downard
2023-07-27  7:36         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-29  9:58 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-31 14:19   ` Gavin Downard

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