From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Inserting a table Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 07:19:48 +0000 Message-ID: References: <83sfiy4f36.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17928"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 05 08:20:36 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1orDTo-0004SW-7h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2022 08:20:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1orDTP-0006UZ-Br; Sat, 05 Nov 2022 03:20:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1orDTN-0006UN-Fu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2022 03:20:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4319.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.19]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1orDTI-00013z-1q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2022 03:20:09 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1667632801; x=1667892001; bh=MBtwjZoBnkj6nxPQmK/BfjT40gqGZYdSSqzB9tmEwcI=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=loedoVi9uOtscFvqESEMeYTJY1YA8kYGIccF/OrD3oUxQW3v3WJLEoApkNdFEfGZ2 tLN/TzFNnGk5qDU78SbD/6g221KYT18YOhZVVXr/+xilxlzzkDO+Z6I8I/61oGj5X5 NRwOnWAWCtNAOEANBwOpdrWkdwdrTj6KEhyXmAPtqYWaLvONEFpwed958g4/wmzzYZ IG62lyY4bFuqS4A00sRVxCFdxaVed7IM5mTq9sGPDd+Laejf+C2cjDjZJN3J2HLCAq ZCFhw5/+c2YsNXzqF+HM3h0nt71aXC9H8akOoPuKamZ8vzzNGOsQXMuJPaAcCqoObZ VK9SlzhkLUuuQ== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.19; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4319.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SPF_HELO_TEMPERROR=0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:140680 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, November 4th, 2022 at 9:24 PM, Stefan Monnier via Users list for= the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > > Why don't you follow the large commentary at the beginning of table.e= l > > > instead? > >=20 > > The difficulty is how to insert text in a particular cell. >=20 >=20 > IIUC `table.el` was designed under the assumption that the table would > be edited interactively rather than from ELisp. > I'm not saying it won't work, but the lack of info may just reflect that > nobody has thought about it yet. Maybe you can contribute to the doc > (and/or code if it proves necessary) after you find out how to do it? >=20 > Stefan I agree with your general assessment. It would certainly be useful for man= y users in rapidly insert tables programatically. I find tables useful for= =20 displaying status information on emacs setup for instance. For instance, t= o show what features and associated customisations have been enabled and set.