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

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Vicente Vera <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>:
>
>> 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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