From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Omid Subject: Re: Feature request: creating separate tables on same rows Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:28:32 -0400 Message-ID: <5390C4E0.9090700@gmail.com> References: <87oay7z4bb.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41199) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WsdL8-0004PO-D2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:28:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WsdL3-00050y-2b for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:28:42 -0400 Received: from mail-yk0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c07::229]:46051) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WsdL2-00050p-Uw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:28:37 -0400 Received: by mail-yk0-f169.google.com with SMTP id 200so1223172ykr.0 for ; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [128.186.2.242] (dhcpd2d242.math.fsu.edu. [128.186.2.242]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id k66sm10155547yhg.39.2014.06.05.12.28.33 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:28:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87oay7z4bb.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org With clone-indirect-buffer you'll get a twin copy of your original buffer. You are in effect editing the same buffer in two different , with some additional niceties like having separate modes and narrow-to-region, etc (see an example usage at http://demonastery.org/2013/04/emacs-narrow-to-region-indirect/). I don't see how this can help with your problem, though. On 06/05/2014 12:52 PM, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > Aldric Giacomoni writes: > >> I'd like to be able to create multiple tables on the same rows, like >> such: >> >> | Group | Name | | Something | Else | >> |----------+----------| |-----------------+----- --| >> | 1 | foo | | Yes | No | >> |----------+----------| |-----------------+-------| >> >> This might be based on a pretty fundamental misunderstanding of how to >> use tables, org-mode and emacs, but I would find it useful to be able >> to compare tables and making changes easily without scrolling too >> much. >> >> Someone on #emacs pointed me towards clone-indirect-buffer, which >> works for my purposes, but I figured I'd ask here and ask all you >> experts if this idea is reasonable or crazy-pants. > > 1+ for crazy-pants > -- Omid Sent from my Emacs