Re: orgmode tables

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

Thanks Mark, that solution just caught me a mouse!


--
 Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
 "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
 Please use in that order."
 Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Mon, 22 Apr 2024, Mark Barton wrote:

> I always forget the command to add columns, so I usually just modify the header row to add them to the end by using the "|" character to separate them. Once I press tab, then Org will correct the table.
>
> started with two columns
> | one | two |
> |-----+-----|
> |   1 |   2 |
>
> add two more to the header line
> | one | two | three | four|
> |-----+-----|
> |   1 |   2 |
>
> press tab to have org correct the table.
> | one | two | three | four |
> |-----+-----+-------+------|
> |   1 |   2 |       |      |
>
>
> > On Apr 22, 2024, at 12:17 PM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:
> >
> > As it happens c-s-right comes back with c-s-right is undefined.
> > This is emacs-nativecomp 29 on slint and slint is the international
> > version of slackware.
> > At this point I think orgmode could use is a tool to be run that will find
> > and let the user or installer know all of the undefined key combinations
> > in their current version of orgmode that are supposed to be defined along
> > with a percentage of the total keystrokes so a user or installer can take
> > further appropriate action.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
> > Please use in that order."
> > Ed Howdershelt 1940.
> >
> > On Mon, 22 Apr 2024, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> >
> >> m-s-right is meta-shift-rightarrow if I have that correct.  Now if I put
> >> point in the last column of the table and do that, I'll get a column to
> >> the left which will be blank.  What I tried to ask is if I put point in
> >> the last column of the table what can I do to have a new column appear to
> >> the right of where point exists?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
> >> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
> >> Please use in that order."
> >> Ed Howdershelt 1940.
> >>
> >> On Mon, 22 Apr 2024, Leo Butler wrote:
> >>
> >>> (info "(org)Built-in Table Editor")
> >>>
> >>> ‘M-S-<RIGHT>’ (‘org-table-insert-column’)
> >>>     Insert a new column at point position.  Move the recent column and
> >>>     all cells to the right of this column to the right.
> >>>
> >>> Leo
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Apr 22 2024, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> when making a table in orgmode, I forgot to add three columns to the
> >>>> table.  What command or commands would I use to add columns to a table?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
> >>>> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> >>>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
> >>>> Please use in that order."
> >>>> Ed Howdershelt 1940.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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