From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois_Pinard?= Subject: Re: Python code for producing Org tables Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:39:24 -0500 Message-ID: <864njbr5dv.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> References: <8638z2yaer.fsf@mercure.progiciels-bpi.ca> <87wqw8walq.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36535) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tn7JX-0008RY-7b for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:39:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tn7JW-0004H4-6A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:39:27 -0500 Received: from 206-248-137-202.dsl.teksavvy.com ([206.248.137.202]:56283 helo=mercure.bureau.ubity.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tn7JW-0004Gt-1X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:39:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87wqw8walq.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien's message of "Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:35:29 +0100") 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 Bastien writes: > Hi Fran=C3=A7ois, Salut, et Joyeuses Festivit=C3=A9s! :-) >> I recently needed to produce Org tables from within Python > Thanks for the code, if some can test it and put it on worg, all the > better (if you agree of course.) Of course! >> I wrongly thought Org mode was aligning floating numbers on the >> decimal period, while it merely right align floating numbers >> regardless of the position of the period. > Is it a standard practise when displaying float numbers in > spreadsheets/tables? I do not know, and should check indeed. Yet, even then, it does not mean Org tables could not do better than standard practice! :-) > If so, this is a nice Elisp challenge for anyone willing to > implement it :) I'd tackle it myself, yet if I do it before a few weeks, it'd mean I'm toying rather than doing what I should rather be doing... Sigh! Happy Times to everybody! Fran=C3=A7ois