Hi list
so
im trying to use
orgmode to collect food
recepies. i have one issue which is to convert text based
ingridents list into org tables.
for example take this list
3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons butter, melted
cooking spray
if i mark this as a region and issue `org-table-create-or-convert-from-region` this is the result
| 3/4 | cup | milk | | | | | | |
| 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better | yet | lemon | juice%) |
| 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | | | | | |
| 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | | | | | |
| 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | | | | | |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | | | | | |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | | | | | |
| 1 | egg | | | | | | | |
| 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | | | | | |
| cooking | spray | | | | | | | |
as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right yet the actual ingredients is cut into several columns
i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more intelligent way of auto directing the conversion to split it the correct way?
if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way? perhaps a command to quick delete the separator (|) across all the column?
thx alot in advance
Z