Hi List, is this a bug or a feature: in all 4 following examples point is in cell 1x1 when calling ,----------------------- | M-x org-table-next-row `----------------------- | A | B | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | \ | / | | | | but | # | b | | # | | For me at least it breaks a program that looks if e.g. cell 1x1 is empty, and if it isn't, calls 'org-table-next-row' and then inserts in new empty cell 2x1. As it happens, # is among the characters my program tries to insert and thus it enters an endless loop, since everytime it calls 'org-table-next-row', the new cell in the next-row/same-column will be filled with # too, and never be empty. I can't think of a situation where this behaviour could be useful. Its probably a bug related to the use of '#' as 'comment-start' char in Org-mode. -- cheers, Thorsten
Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
[following up to my own post]
> in all 4 following examples point is in cell 1x1 when calling
>
> ,-----------------------
> | M-x org-table-next-row
> `-----------------------
>
> | A | B |
> | | |
>
> | 1 | 2 |
> | | |
>
> | \ | / |
> | | |
>
> but
>
> | # | b |
> | # | |
The problem is actually in these two lines of 'org-table-insert-row':
,-------------------------------------------------------------
| (if (string-match "^[ \t]*| *[#$] *|" line)
| (setq new (replace-match (match-string 0 line) t t new)))
`-------------------------------------------------------------
looks as if its intentional, but for me this behaviour still seems
buggy.
--
cheers,
Thorsten
Hi Thorsten,
Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
> The problem is actually in these two lines of 'org-table-insert-row':
>
> ,-------------------------------------------------------------
> | (if (string-match "^[ \t]*| *[#$] *|" line)
> | (setq new (replace-match (match-string 0 line) t t new)))
> `-------------------------------------------------------------
>
> looks as if its intentional, but for me this behaviour still seems
> buggy.
Yes, I don't know why cells with # and $ should be copied when
creating a new row. I'm copying Carsten so he might explain, or
remove this quirk if needed.
Thanks for reporting this,
--
Bastien