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[Orgmode] Re: Table questions
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Michael |
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[Orgmode] Re: Table questions |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:54:31 -0600 |
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Emacs Gnus |
On 18 Dec 2006, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> On Dec 14, 2006, at 17:19, Michael wrote:
> > 1. In table calculation, how to refer to a cell in a different column and
> > different row? Specifically, I want column 8 row 5 to be the ratio of
> > column 7 row 5 and column 7 row 4.
> You cannot, at least currently. I am not sure how well this would
> work, because the table editor makes it very easy to swap rows, columns,
> to add and delete columns, and such references would become invalid
> unless one would carefully track these changes.
I agree that you probably don't want to exactly replace the full power of
Excel. But this simple feature makes it possible to keep track of simple
data. I won't mind having to redo the formula after row swapping etc.,
which I think won't happen so often for a given table anyway.
> Having said this, I do want to do a bit more in this direction, but
> this is nowhere near completion.
> > 2. I think the table minor mode would be a fantastic tool in editing tables
> > in a LaTeX file. I wonder whether it is possible to let orgtbl recognize
> > \begin{tabular}\end{tabular} and use & as column delimiter rather than |
> > (also respect end of line \\)?
> Yes, I think it would and I have been thinking to make this possible.
> However, once I allow this, people will want to use \multicolumn, and
> this seems for me to be beyond the scope.
I think you can ignore the rows with multicolumn in it, which would satisfy
most people I imagine.
> Have you tried
> M-x align-current RET
> in a LaTeX table? It does wonders.
I'll try that.
Thanks very much for all the hard work,
Michael