From 659e5e95bd8e024ac4730cf410a565b9e975b669 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Utkarsh Singh <utkarsh190601@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2021 16:30:36 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] org-table-convert-region: move out separator-guessing

1. Move separator guessing code to org-table-guess-separator (new
function).
2. Add semicolon, colon and SPACE to the list of know separator
(separator which we can guess).
---
 lisp/org-table.el | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/org-table.el b/lisp/org-table.el
index cc69542..d3242da 100644
--- a/lisp/org-table.el
+++ b/lisp/org-table.el
@@ -837,6 +837,39 @@ SIZE is a string Columns x Rows like for example \"3x2\"."
       (goto-char pos))
     (org-table-align)))
 
+(defun org-table-guess-separator (beg0 end0)
+  "Guess separator for region BEG0 to END0.
+
+List of preferred separator (in order of preference):
+comma, TAB, semicolon, colon or SPACE.
+
+Search for a line which doesn't contain a separator if found
+search again using next preferred separator or else return
+separator as string."
+  (let* ((beg (save-excursion
+                (goto-char (min beg0 end0))
+                (skip-chars-forward " \t\n")
+                (if (eobp) (point) (line-beginning-position))))
+	 (end (save-excursion
+                (goto-char (max beg0 end0))
+                (skip-chars-backward " \t\n" beg)
+                (if (= beg (point)) (point) (line-end-position))))
+         (sep-regexp
+          (list (list ","  (rx bol (1+ (not (or ?\n ?,))) eol))
+		(list "\t" (rx bol (1+ (not (or ?\n ?\t))) eol))
+		(list ";"  (rx bol (1+ (not (or ?\n ?\;))) eol))
+		(list ":"  (rx bol (1+ (not (or ?\n ?:))) eol))
+		(list " "  (rx bol (1+ (not (or ?\n ?\s))) eol)))))
+    (unless (= beg end)
+      (save-excursion
+        (goto-char beg)
+        (catch :found
+          (pcase-dolist (`(,sep ,regexp) sep-regexp)
+            (save-excursion
+              (unless (re-search-forward regexp end t)
+                (throw :found sep))))
+          nil)))))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun org-table-convert-region (beg0 end0 &optional separator)
   "Convert region to a table.
@@ -853,10 +886,7 @@ following values:
 integer  When a number, use that many spaces, or a TAB, as field separator
 regexp   When a regular expression, use it to match the separator
 nil      When nil, the command tries to be smart and figure out the
-         separator in the following way:
-         - when each line contains a TAB, assume TAB-separated material
-         - when each line contains a comma, assume CSV material
-         - else, assume one or more SPACE characters as separator."
+         separator using `org-table-guess-seperator'."
   (interactive "r\nP")
   (let* ((beg (min beg0 end0))
 	 (end (max beg0 end0))
@@ -873,13 +903,10 @@ nil      When nil, the command tries to be smart and figure out the
       (if (bolp) (backward-char 1) (end-of-line 1))
       (setq end (point-marker))
       ;; Get the right field separator
-      (unless separator
-	(goto-char beg)
-	(setq separator
-	      (cond
-	       ((not (re-search-forward "^[^\n\t]+$" end t)) '(16))
-	       ((not (re-search-forward "^[^\n,]+$" end t)) '(4))
-	       (t 1))))
+      (when (and (not separator)
+                 (not (setq separator
+                            (org-table-guess-separator beg end))))
+        (user-error "Failed to guess separator"))
       (goto-char beg)
       (if (equal separator '(4))
 	  (while (< (point) end)
-- 
2.31.1