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From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Converting to a useful table in org-mode?
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:44:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y506zz3d.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20140319003901.2c59956d@london

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:

> I have this list of books that I've read on my kindle which I now want
> to store for posterity in org-mode. 
>
> 24-11-13 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, fire storm 
> 3-12-13 - Richmal Compton - just Williams New years day 
> 9-12-13 - richmal compton - still william 
> 11-1-14 - Pc wren - beau geste 
> 18-1-14 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, the red leech 
> 26-1-14 - Ian Fleming - casino royale 
> 24-02-14 - Cory doctorow - little brother 
>
> How can I create a table of them please? 
>

Mark the region and then do

C-u C-u C-u M-x org-table-convert-region RET

When it prompts you for a separator regexp, type ' - ' (without the
quotes, but include the spaces).

-- 
Nick

      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-03-19  2:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-19  0:39 Converting to a useful table in org-mode? Sharon Kimble
2014-03-19  1:59 ` Michael Weylandt
2014-03-19  2:44 ` Nick Dokos [this message]

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