Re: [Bulk] Column width in export

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Apr 16, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Vincent Belaïche wrote:

> Thanks Giovanni,
>
> The documentation is however incomplete, the info node "(org) Column
> groups" does not says that the `/' in the first field has the effect  
> of
> excluding the row from export. Actually when you read this info node,
> what you (or better said I) understand is that the `/' indicates that
> this special row is used to specify column grouping.
>
> Therefore I propose the attached patch to documentation.


Hi Vincent,

what I really would like to do is to automatically remove lines that
contain only narrowing cookies.  That may be the most convenient.

It is on my list.

- Carsten

>
>   Vincent.
>
> PS-1: Sorry if sometimes I disturbe this group with naive questions.
> PS-2: This is a resend, it seems that the previous message was not
> dispatched due to this that I made a too big attachement (tarzipped
> complete manual old and new version in addition to patch).
> Change log:
> #######################################################################
> 2010-04-16 Vincent Belaïche <vincent.b.1@hotmail.fr>
>
> 	* org.texi (Column width and alignment): add information how to  
> exclude
> 	special row from export.
> Patch:
> #######################################################################
> *** org.texi.old	Fri Apr 16 19:57:15 2010
> --- org.texi	Fri Apr 16 20:07:59 2010
> ***************
> *** 1862,1867 ****
> --- 1862,1884 ----
>  @samp{<l>} in a similar fashion.  You may also combine alignment  
> and field
>  width like this: @samp{<l10>}.
>
> + To exclude the special row containing the column width and/or  
> alignment from
> + being exported, insert a dummy first column with @samp{/} in the  
> field that
> + is on the special row, like this (considering the same example as  
> previously):
> +
> + @example
> + @group
> + |---+---+--------|
> + | / |   | <6>    |
> + | # | 1 | one    |
> + | # | 2 | two    |
> + | # | 3 | This=> |
> + | # | 4 | four   |
> + |---+---+--------|
> + @end group
> + @end example
> +
> +
>  @node Column groups, Orgtbl mode, Column width and alignment, Tables
>  @section Column groups
>  @cindex grouping columns in tables
>
>> From: giovanni.ridolfi@yahoo.it
>> To: vincent.b.1@hotmail.fr
>> CC: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>> Subject: Re: [Bulk] [Orgmode] Column width in export
>> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:26:31 +0200
>>
>> Vincent Belaïche <vincent.b.1@hotmail.fr> writes:
>>
>>> | salut | dsdd |
>>> | <30> | |
>>> | gvrag f gfegegergrgh rghrghr ghrh =>| gerg |
>>>
>>> When exported to HTML there is one table row with `<30>' in it. Is  
>>> there
>>> anyway to make this row not exported as a row (but possibly  
>>> exploited in
>>> other ways) ?
>>
>> In the manual, in the "table" section, subsection Column groups
>> it is written:
>>
>> " In order to specify column groups, you can use a special row  
>> where the
>> first field contains only `/'. The further fields can either  
>> contain "
>>
>> Before posting, please, read, or, at least, search, skim the manual
>> to find a possible solution.
>>
>> Giovanni
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- Carsten