From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Ismael_Barros=C2=B2?= Subject: Re: Re: Can't import a remote reference to a whole column in orgtbl Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:24:59 +0200 Message-ID: References: <82e274891002251643k327135aajea270914244abff7@mail.gmail.com> <82e274891002251654s643e8003pdb2b3db669d5528b@mail.gmail.com> <83d3zs8hya.fsf@yahoo.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ny75l-0006IC-C8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:25:05 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48232 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ny75k-0006I3-68 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:25:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ny75i-0001oG-Kk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:25:04 -0400 Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.149]:22692) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ny75i-0001nq-Fl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:25:02 -0400 Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so155367eyg.34 for ; Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:25:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83d3zs8hya.fsf@yahoo.it> 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: Giovanni Ridolfi Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org My bad, I should have googled harder :) Just out of curiosity: is this limitation there by design, or is it waiting for some workforce to complete it? I finally just copy+pasted the columns I needed, but being able to import whole rows/columns would be incredibly useful. Regards, Ismael On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Giovanni Ridolfi wrote: >> Ismael Barros=C2=B2 writes: > > Hi, Ismael > >>> Hi, I'm new to org-mode and orgtbl, please don't hit me too hard with >>> a stick if what I'm asking is retarded :) > well a google search would have shown > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/21439 > ;-) > >>> >>> I'm using org-mode with orgtbl inside a Latex document. I'm making >>> extensive use of remote references to other tables inside the >>> document. >>> If I reference a cell, for example, with >>> "remote(results_par,@2$9)", it works as expected, >>> but if I reference a whole column, > > You cannot. This is the answer by Carsten: > > "ranges are possible in remote references. =C2=A0However, what > is not allowed it to assign them to a range. =C2=A0On the left > side of equations you can only have single fields > like @2$3 or a column like $3. > > So you might ask what the use of range references then > is? =C2=A0You can put the ranges into calc functions like > vsum or vmean, or you can get them as lists in an > elisp formula." > > > cheers, > Giovanni >