From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Subject: Re: Tip: How to copy&paste a table from Firefox to Org
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:42:10 -0400
Message-ID: <87hbj2apsd.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca>
References: <4C619B77.2090908@jboecker.de>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Return-path: <emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42940 helo=eggs.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oj0Ko-00043t-Un
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:42:27 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <bernt@norang.ca>) id 1Oj0Kn-0008N1-JL
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:42:26 -0400
Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.72]:61191)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <bernt@norang.ca>) id 1Oj0Kn-0008Mc-Hf
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:42:25 -0400
In-Reply-To: <4C619B77.2090908@jboecker.de> ("Jan =?utf-8?Q?B=C3=B6cker=22?=
	=?utf-8?Q?'s?= message of "Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:33:27 +0200")
List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
To: Jan =?utf-8?Q?B=C3=B6cker?= <jan.boecker@jboecker.de>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>

Jan B=C3=B6cker <jan.boecker@jboecker.de> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> posting in case this is useful to someone else:
>
> I just figured out how to copy & paste tabular data from Firefox to an
> Org buffer (in my case: a train schedule from www.bahn.de).
>
> - Select data in Firefox
> - Paste into Org, select it as the region
> - M-x replace-regexp <RET> C-i \ | ^ <RET> | <RET>
>=20=09
>   C-i inserts a tab character (you can also use C-q <TAB> instead).
>   We replace each beginning of a line and each tab character with "|".
>
> - Place the cursor on the table and press C-c C-c to align it

Isn't this the same as

  - Select data in Firefox
  - Paste into Org.=20
  - C-x C-x (select it as the region)
  - M-x org-table-convert-region

?

-Bernt