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From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
Subject: Re: Enhancement for Org-mode tables
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:02:31 +0200
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To: Eddward DeVilla <eddward@gmail.com>
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Hi Eddward,

On Sep 27, 2006, at 18:51, Eddward DeVilla wrote:

> Hello,
>
>    Currently org-mode will adjust the justification in a column if it
> thinks it is a numeric field.  I use hexidecimal a lot and got some
> wierd results.  Eventually I found the option to adjust it and have
> set my own RE of (org-table-number-regexp
> "^\\([<>]?[-+^.0-9]*[0-9][-+^.0-9eEdDx()%]*\\|\\(0[xX]\\)?[0-9a-fA- 
> F][0-9a-fA-F]*\\)$").
> I made it based on the general number RE in the code.  Right now, I'm
> just worried that some day the general number RE might become
> better/more general and I might miss out.
>
> Would it possible to add hex to the general number option, or to make
> a general+hex option?

Sure, I will use your extended version as the future default, good  
idea, thanks.

BTW, [0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]* is the same as [0-9a-fA-F]+ in regular  
expressions.

- Carsten