From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Brand Subject: Re: working with tables can be quite painful... Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:37:16 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87r38jew14.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45431) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blHh8-0002ae-3H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 11:38:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blHh3-0008Kh-Tz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 11:38:21 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f42.google.com ([74.125.82.42]:38548) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blHh3-0008KX-Nx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 11:38:17 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f42.google.com with SMTP id 1so89044259wmz.1 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 08:38:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87r38jew14.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> 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" To: Emacs Org mode mailing list Hi Eric Question, out of curiosity: Is there a difference when you delete all lines above and below the table, with and without adding a headline above? One of my tables fluctuates around 150 rows and around 20 to 40 columns, overall a few hundred characters wide (columns with some history window for each row). Almost all fields are just text although I think this doesn't matter at all. The table starts at about line 50 and is followed by about 7600 lines. Since years I manipulate it at least every few days without any slowness, often on much weaker hardware than yours. Maybe you can find a temporary workaround. Michael