From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Brand Subject: Re: Org table with long lines visibility Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 11:16:36 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87hb9axson.fsf@gmx.co.uk> <92D39F29-0DED-4573-BDC7-9B35381EA2D2@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:39057) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QK5X5-0002Ri-Ry for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 11 May 2011 05:16:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QK5X4-0008A4-Pu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 11 May 2011 05:16:39 -0400 Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:56265) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QK5X4-00089o-Fp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 11 May 2011 05:16:38 -0400 Received: by eyd9 with SMTP id 9so101566eyd.0 for ; Wed, 11 May 2011 02:16:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <92D39F29-0DED-4573-BDC7-9B35381EA2D2@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Johnny Hi Carsten Thank you for this extension. I appreciate the nice design with switching off when leaving the table and especially that it works with all moving commands, not limited to (S)-TAB/org-table-next-field or other dedicated moving keys like the ones suggested earlier. Michael On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:29, Carsten Dominik wrote: > On May 4, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Johnny wrote: > >> I have a table with ridiculously long lines, so I have limited them by >> putting '' in the first row. To edit them, I use 'C-c `' to get the >> full text in a separate buffer, which works fine, especially together >> with 'longlines-mode'. However, browsing the table contents is very >> cumbersome, so I am wondering if there is any way to make the >> 'org-table-edit-field' to be permanently visible in a buffer, >> automatically updating while moving around in the table to view the full >> content of the current cell? =A0Similar to the way BBDB pops up and show= s >> the sender in a separate buffer, if known. >> >> Any help and ideas appreciated! Thanks! > > > Hi Jonny, > > this is a good idea, and it is now implemented. > > C-u C-u C-c C-` > > while the cursor is in a table turns on a special mode in > which the field editor window will follow the cursor through > the table. =A0You can use the editor window to see the field > contents, you can switch to the editor window, edit the > field and press C-c C-c to update the field in the table. > > The mode can be turned off when executing the command > again: C-u C-u C-c ` > > Also, if the cursor leaves the table, the follow mode > automatically turns itself off, to avoid surprises in the > window setup when you enter another table. =A0If you prefer > to keep the mode on and suffer from possible side effects, > take a look at the new variable > `org-table-exit-follow-field-mode-when-leaving-table'.