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Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?
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Jambunathan K |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets? |
Date: |
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:35:02 +0530 |
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Jambunathan K <address@hidden> writes:
> I don't want to venture in to Babel.
>
> I don't want to experiment with unoconv either. I have a non-official
> libreoffice installed. Pulling in official unoconv will interfere with
> my working installation.
>
> For your purposes, just soffice will do.
>
>
> (defun org-table-import-ods (&optional file-name)
> (interactive "fFile: ")
> (let ((csv-file (org-odt-convert file-name "csv"))
> (pos (point)))
> (save-excursion
> (insert (with-temp-buffer
> (insert-file-contents csv-file)
> (org-table-convert-region (point-min) (point-max) '(4))
> (buffer-string))))))
>
> | Simple | Table |
> | 1 | 10 |
> | 2 | 20 |
> | 3 | 30 |
>
>
> Remember to close all libreoffice applications. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
> Otherwise `org-odt-convert' will error out.
>
> 0. Visit scratch buffer
> 1. Install the above snippet
> 2. Go to end of the scratch buffer.
> 3. M-x org-table-import-ods RET
>
> You will see something like what I see above.
Here is a dump from my Messages buffer.
,----
| Executing libreoffice4.0 --headless --convert-to csv --outdir ~/
~/html-table.ods
| convert ~/html-table.ods -> ~//html-table.csv using Text - txt - csv
(StarCalc)
|
| Exported to ~/html-table.csv
| Undo!
| Executing libreoffice4.0 --headless --convert-to csv --outdir ~/
~/html-table.ods
| convert ~/html-table.ods -> ~//html-table.csv using Text - txt - csv
(StarCalc)
|
| Exported to ~/html-table.csv
`----
>
> James Harkins <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> At Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:49:16 +0530,
>> Jambunathan K wrote:
>>> 1. Give me a sample worksheet.
>>
>> Attached.
>>
>>> 2. Give me the specific unoconv command that you used for converting the
>>> worksheet.
>>
>> unoconv -f csv -i 9,34,system,1,1/5/2/1/3/1/4/1 html-table.ods
>>
>> Maybe the filename needs a full path, not sure. I can supply that later.
>>
>>> If you do (1) and (2), I will post a recipe.
>>
>> Really appreciate that!
>>
>> hjh
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, (continued)
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, Jambunathan K, 2013/07/02
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, James Harkins, 2013/07/02
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, Jambunathan K, 2013/07/03
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, James Harkins, 2013/07/09
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, Jambunathan K, 2013/07/09
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, James Harkins, 2013/07/17
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, Jambunathan K, 2013/07/19
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, James Harkins, 2013/07/18
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, Jambunathan K, 2013/07/19
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, James Harkins, 2013/07/18
- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?,
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- Re: [O] Use babel to import table data from OpenDocument spreadsheets?, Andreas Leha, 2013/07/10