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Re: [O] insert cell inside an org-mode table?
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John Kitchin |
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Re: [O] insert cell inside an org-mode table? |
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Thu, 08 Jun 2017 07:01:34 -0600 |
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mu4e 0.9.19; emacs 25.2.1 |
Not really. Could you give an example of before and after?
For example if you are in the middle of a row and want to insert a cell
in that row, what should happen? Should the just that row get longer? Or
should you just add a new column? How should the cells around it shift?
Sharon Kimble writes:
> John Kitchin <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I don't totally understand what you want to do. You can insert a row or
>> column into a table.
>>
>> org-table-insert-column
>> org-table-insert-row
>>
>> Are you trying to do something different than that?
>
> Yes, I would like to just insert a single cell into a place within the
> table, and then be able to adjust all other rows and cells around it, so
> that it appears no different from any of the original cells. So that its
> assimilated into the table as a whole.
>
> Does this help explain what I want to do?
>
> Thanks
> Sharon.
>
>>
>> John
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>> Professor John Kitchin
>> Doherty Hall A207F
>> Department of Chemical Engineering
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>> 412-268-7803
>> @johnkitchin
>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 6:31 AM, Sharon Kimble <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I maintain my 'DrugFacts' website in mediawiki. I write my article in
>> org-mode, export to mediawiki, correct the citations, then cut and paste
>> into my mediawiki page. And it all works very well.
>>
>> But the front-page is a right swine! Here is the first two rows of my
>> mediawiki front-page -
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> {| <!-- class="wikitable" -->
>> | '''Illegal'''
>> | '''Category's'''
>> | '''Legal'''
>> | '''Prescription only'''
>> | '''Substitute'''
>> | '''Others'''
>> |-
>> |* [[Amphetamines]]
>> |* [[:Category:Anaesthetics|Anaesthetics]]
>> |* [[Alcohol]]
>> |* [[Alprazolam]]
>> |* [[Buprenorphine]]
>> |* [[Flumazenil]]
>> |-
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> And because writing mediawiki tables leads to brain damage, and a desire
>> to consume 6 pints of beer as the world is going to end in ten minutes,
>> according to Douglas Adams and Ford Prefect, I'm intending to create the
>> table in org-mode and then export to mediawiki, correct as necessary,
>> and upload. Which brings me to my question.
>>
>> Is it possible to insert a cell *inside* an org-mode table please, and
>> auto-shuffle other rows/columns about to fit? According to the 'Table'
>> menu in emacs, there isn't a way of doing it, and neither does the
>> org-mode manual say that it can be done. But perhaps other people have
>> found a way of doing it please?
>>
>> Hopefully thanks
>> Sharon.
>> --
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>> DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk
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>>
--
Professor John Kitchin
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu