Bug: column names in tables cannot be used as target in table formula [7.7 (release_7.7.107.g7a82)]

Bug: column names in tables cannot be used as target in table formula [7.7 (release_7.7.107.g7a82)]

[András Major]

Hi again,

I think that naming columns in tables is a very nice feature.  It only
works, however, as a reference, i.e. on the right-hand side of a
formula specification.  That is, I can refer to a column by name to
read its value, not to write it (using TBLFM).

Example:

| ! | name1 | name2 |
| # |     1 |   nil |
| # |     1 |       |
#+TBLFM: $2=1::$name2=2

Recalculating the table should, IMHO, also update the second column,
but it doesn't.

  András



Emacs  : GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.0)
 of 2010-12-11 on raven, modified by Debian
Package: Org-mode version 7.7 (release_7.7.107.g7a82)

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