Howsabout some code to put in a "dummy row" in an OrgMode Table--this would
facilitate inputting multi-line-text--i.e. a key in
OrgMode/TableMode/CalcMode
would insert exactly a line like this in the table below:
|   |     |             |     |     |             |     |   |     |     |
|
---and thats it--you're done---then you just type in the text in the column
cells you want the multiline text.

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:48 PM, brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com>wrote:

> This worked too:
> ...
>
> |---+-----+-------------+-----+-----+-------------+-----+-------+-----+-----+---|
> | * | 11B |         21W | 31B | 41W |         51B | 61W |   71B | 81W | 91B
> | * |
>
> |---+-----+-------------+-----+-----+-------------+-----+-------+-----+-----+---|
> | * | 12W | /u/0802.jpg |   0 |   0 | [[file:/u/d.j]] |   0 | multi |   0 |
>   * |   |
> |   |     |             |     |     |             |     |  line |     |
> |   |
> |   |     |             |     |     |             |     |  text |     |
> |   |
>
> |---+-----+-------------+-----+-----+-------------+-----+-------+-----+-----+---|
> | * | 13B |           0 |   0 |   0 |           0 |   0 |     0 |   0 |   0
> | * |
>
> |---+-----+-------------+-----+-----+-------------+-----+-------+-----+-----+---|
> ...
>
> ---to do this: I put "dummy rows" around the "12W" row--"dummy rows" have
> all the cells empty--and then just deleted the "separator rows"---took less
> than a minute.
>
> A little Ck Cy magic---and good old <Tab> key.
>
> As far as the TeX ideas; making it display as a multiline cell in
> export--thats a great idea too, I've made o-ton-o LaTeX tables--once you do
> this process Bastien suggests, you could probably write a simple program to
> munge the .tex file and then reuse the same method over and over.  TeX is
> great at displaying multiline text---its the best for that---regardless of
> the font.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr>wrote:
>
>> Hi Wang,
>>
>> Wang Coeus <wangcoeus@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Will org consider to support this in future?
>>
>> There is no plan for this right now.
>>
>> But what about cheating a bit and play with the _display_ of the table?
>>
>> | Header      | Header |
>> |-------------+--------|
>> | I want to   |        |
>> | write stuff |        |
>> | on several  |        |
>> | lines       |        |
>>
>> You should be able to export this table to HTML or LaTeX and simulate a
>> multiline cell on the first column.  Just a workaround, but could do in
>> some situations.
>>
>> Also, note that you can shrink the cell length by adding <length>:
>>
>>     |---+------------------------------|               |---+--------|
>>     |   |                              |               |   | <6>    |
>>     | 1 | one                          |               | 1 | one    |
>>     | 2 | two                          |     ----\     | 2 | two    |
>>     | 3 | This is a long chunk of text |     ----/     | 3 | This=> |
>>     | 4 | four                         |               | 4 | four   |
>>     |---+------------------------------|               |---+--------|
>>
>> which helps having long text in a single-line cell.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> --
>>  Bastien
>>
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