Re: table export to same buffer

[William Henney <whenney@gmail.com>]

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On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sebastien Vauban wrote
>
>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to export an orgmode table not to a new file but
>>> overwriting the org table in the same buffer?
>>>
>>> Context is editing source code which contains a largeish table of (say)
>>> constants.
>>> Editing is done with orgtbl minor mode.
>>> When done it should become back the table in the natural format of the
>>> programming language
>>> [For simplicity lets just say csv will do]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Using an Org Babel code block (which you have to write, of course) taking as
>> input your table, and outputting your constants in the wished format should do
>> what you're looking for, right?
>>
>>
> I dont think so.
> The context is writing C with C mode (or haskell with haskell-mode python
> with python-mode etc) ie the user is not using orgmode.  That is why I
> mentioned orgtbl, ie org table editing facilities are needed but the major
> mode is something else.
>

What about a radio table using orgtbl-to-generic?

See Appendix 6 of the Org manual

Will


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  Dr William Henney, Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica,
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia

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