From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sivaram Neelakantan Subject: Re: working with delimited files Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:48:25 +0530 Message-ID: <821uy1f53i.fsf@gmail.com> References: <82hb72ulaz.fsf@gmail.com> <871uy16vje.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49768) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qf890-0004Rf-EY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:18:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qf88z-00012E-3E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:18:46 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:39577) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qf88y-00012A-FU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:18:44 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qf88t-0002Di-AF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:18:39 +0200 Received: from 122.178.219.35 ([122.178.219.35]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:18:39 +0200 Received: from nsivaram.net by 122.178.219.35 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:18:39 +0200 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Fri, Jul 08 2011,Bastien wrote: > Hi Sivaram, > > Sivaram Neelakantan writes: > >> This makes it easier to read as you can see below >> | BEL | EQ | 02-Jan-2006 | 993.15 | 998 | 1001 | 983 |.. >> | BEL | EQ | 03-Jan-2006 | 989.05 | 999.5 | 1000 | 989.9 |.. >> | BEL | EQ | 04-Jan-2006 | 994.35 | 998 | 1014 | 986.15 |.. >> >> How do I use the overlay for editing but keep the underlying file >> structure? > > I can see a solution where you could add an overlay to display the table > (say, with C-u C-c |, for example) but you won't be able to *edit*. Right, I'm able to read the file as a table using C-C |, though it ends up as a changed buffer. For simple viewing, I really do not mind the current set up that just modifies the buffer I.e C-c| is good enough(an option to open read-only would be nice). However, it's the ability to use the overlay to edit and save it back in the same format as in the original file is what I was looking for. sivaram --