Re: [O] Breaking up long #+TBLFM line?

[Nick Dokos]

"Loris Bennett" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Karl,
>
> Karl Voit <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> * Loris Bennett <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>>> Is there any way to break up an overly long #+TBLFM line?
>>
>> The question is: why?
>
> Because, purely aesthetically, I don't like having a #+TBLFM line which
> is 240 characters long when the window (and the table in it) is less
> than chars wide.
>
>> My guess: you're missing the C-c ' (org-edit-special) which offers
>> you a user-friendly way to modify formulas.
>
> You're right, I did know about C-c ' but not with table formulae.  Nice!
>
> However, I still don't like the long #+TBLFM, although it's not going to
> kill me.
>

That's good, because I think you'll have to live with it :-)

There is support for multiple TBLFM lines, but not in the way you want:
they are alternatives, rather than cumulative - see

(info "(org) Editing and debugging formulas")

the section entitled "Using multiple #+TBLFM lines".

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Nick