From: Vicente Vera <vicentemvp@gmail.com>
To: Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>
Cc: Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>, org mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Complex conversion of text to org table
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:56:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMfbzvB1JiyCrFC-gnsuwHbqu+X_LSfqTNFX1ODwbecH0r7AXA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57dd8dbc-bc4c-1053-fdab-5151f043417a@gmail.com>
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OK that's a nice trick. Very useful for CSV files. Thanks!
2017-03-12 16:52 GMT+00:00 Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>:
> On 03/12/2017 11:35 AM, Xebar Saram wrote:
> > Thx Vicente!
> >
> > Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero
> > coding skills :)) ? i have hundreds of these tables to convert :)
> >
> > best!
> >
> > Z
>
> OR
>
> 3/4, cup, milk
> 2, tablespoons, white vinegar
> 1, cup, all-purpose flour
> 2, tablespoons, white sugar
> 1, teaspoon, baking powder
> 1/2, teaspoon, baking soda
> 1/2, teaspoon, salt
> 1,, egg
> 2, tablespoons, butter melted
> ,, cooking spray
>
> | 3/4 | cup | milk |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white vinegar |
> | 1 | cup | all-purpose flour |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white sugar |
> | 1 | teaspoon | baking powder |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking soda |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt |
> | 1 | | egg |
> | 2 | tablespoons | butter melted |
> | | | cooking spray |
>
> Scott
>
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Vicente Vera <vicentemvp@gmail.com
> > <mailto:vicentemvp@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello. In this case Org splits into columns everytime it sees a
> > space, so "baking soda" ends up in two columns. A brute force
> > solution: replace the spaces between words that shouldn't be put
> > into separated columns with an underscore:
> >
> > 1_cup all-purpose_flour
> >
> > Convert it to an Org table and then do a quick M-x replace-string to
> > replace '_' with ' '.
> >
> > 2017-03-12 15:14 GMT+00:00 Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com
> > <mailto:zeltakc@gmail.com>>:
> >
> > Hi list
> >
> > so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one
> > issue which is to convert text based ingridents list into org
> > tables.
> >
> > for example take this list
> >
> > 3/4 cup milk
> > 2 tablespoons white vinegar
> > 1 cup all-purpose flour
> > 2 tablespoons white sugar
> > 1 teaspoon baking powder
> > 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
> > 1/2 teaspoon salt
> > 1 egg
> > 2 tablespoons butter, melted
> > cooking spray
> >
> > if i mark this as a region and issue
> > `org-table-create-or-convert-from-region` this is the result
> >
> > | 3/4 | cup | milk | | |
> > | | | |
> > | 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better
> > | yet | lemon | juice%) |
> > | 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | |
> > | | | |
> > | 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | |
> > | | | |
> > | 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | |
> > | | | |
> > | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | |
> > | | | |
> > | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | |
> > | | | |
> > | 1 | egg | | | |
> > | | | |
> > | 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | |
> > | | | |
> > | cooking | spray | | | |
> > | | | |
> >
> >
> > as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right
> > yet the actual ingredients is cut into several columns
> >
> > i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more
> > intelligent way of auto directing the conversion to split it the
> > correct way?
> >
> > if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way?
> > perhaps a command to quick delete the separator (|) across all
> > the column?
> >
> > thx alot in advance
> >
> > Z
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-12 15:14 Complex conversion of text to org table Xebar Saram
2017-03-12 15:26 ` Vicente Vera
2017-03-12 15:35 ` Xebar Saram
2017-03-12 16:46 ` Scott Randby
2017-03-12 16:52 ` Scott Randby
2017-03-14 0:56 ` Vicente Vera [this message]
2017-03-14 13:18 ` John Kitchin
2017-03-12 16:51 ` Thierry Banel
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