From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wang Coeus Subject: Re: Re: Can I input multiline in a cell? Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:20:10 +0200 Message-ID: References: <877hd0tht6.fsf@altern.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55541 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PpnrJ-0000Zo-12 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:20:22 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PpnrH-0006v8-N4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:20:20 -0500 Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:63616) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PpnrH-0006uW-HC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:20:19 -0500 Received: by eyh6 with SMTP id 6so1010376eyh.0 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:20:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <877hd0tht6.fsf@altern.org> (Bastien's message of "Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:42:24 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bastien Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Bastien writes: > Hi Wang, > > Wang Coeus writes: > >> Will org consider to support this in future? > > There is no plan for this right now. > > But what about cheating a bit and play with the _display_ of the table? > > | Header | Header | > |-------------+--------| > | I want to | | > | write stuff | | > | on several | | > | lines | | > > You should be able to export this table to HTML or LaTeX and simulate a > multiline cell on the first column. Just a workaround, but could do in > some situations. > > Also, note that you can shrink the cell length by adding : > > |---+------------------------------| |---+--------| > | | | | | <6> | > | 1 | one | | 1 | one | > | 2 | two | ----\ | 2 | two | > | 3 | This is a long chunk of text | ----/ | 3 | This=> | > | 4 | four | | 4 | four | > |---+------------------------------| |---+--------| > > which helps having long text in a single-line cell. > > HTH, Hi Bastien, Really appreciate your help here. The reason I asked this question is because I always feel it's too complicated to edit a table with table.el. Your suggestion is good for me. :) But there are sometimes also need to draw a table as below: |-------+-------+----------------| | | HEAD2 | Item 1 | | +-------+----------------| | HEAD1 | | Item 2 | | + HEAD3 |----------------| | | | Item 3 | |-------+-------+----------------| For such a kind of situation, we only can implement with table.el, right? Really thanks for all your kind help. :) -- Coeus In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. -- Albert Einstein