* How to create tables with multi-rows/columns cells?
@ 2017-09-11 3:36 jiewuza
2017-09-11 8:47 ` Eric S Fraga
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: jiewuza @ 2017-09-11 3:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
It is quite common to have multi-rows/columns cells in talbe. But as far
as I know, it seems impossible with the org built-in table editor.
So I turned to the emacs built-in table, and create a simple example:
#+BEGIN_SRC org
+-----+-----+-----+
| h | |
+-----+-----+ h3 |
| h1 | h2 | |
+-----+-----+-----+
| a | b | c |
+-----+-----+-----+
| d | e | f |
+-----+-----+-----+
#+END_SRC
It works. However, when I export it to HTML, I find it does not contain
<thead> tag (I would like to style the table head).
So I'd like to know how do you guys to create such tables in org-mode.
p.s. One workaround would be add support for the exporter to recognize
`===` as a separator of table head and body
#+BEGIN_SRC org
+-----+-----+-----+
| h | |
+-----+-----+ h3 |
| h1 | h2 | |
+=====+=====+=====+
| a | b | c |
+-----+-----+-----+
| d | e | f |
+-----+-----+-----+
#+END_SRC
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* Re: How to create tables with multi-rows/columns cells?
2017-09-11 3:36 How to create tables with multi-rows/columns cells? jiewuza
@ 2017-09-11 8:47 ` Eric S Fraga
2017-09-12 17:34 ` Grant Rettke
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From: Eric S Fraga @ 2017-09-11 8:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jiewuza; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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On Monday, 11 Sep 2017 at 04:36, jiewuza wrote:
> It is quite common to have multi-rows/columns cells in talbe. But as far
> as I know, it seems impossible with the org built-in table editor.
org does not support multi-row/column cells in tables. When you say:
> It works.
what do you mean? If I edit your example, org does not recognise it as
a table (or, at least, not a properly defined one).
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* Re: How to create tables with multi-rows/columns cells?
2017-09-11 8:47 ` Eric S Fraga
@ 2017-09-12 17:34 ` Grant Rettke
2017-09-13 1:49 ` jiewuza
2017-09-13 2:22 ` jiewuza
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Grant Rettke @ 2017-09-12 17:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jiewuza, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
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If you set the column width like this
http://orgmode.org/manual/Column-width-and-alignment.html#Column-width-and-alignment
then you can hit C-` to edit the cell and that works nicely.
Sincerely,
Grant Rettke
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:47 AM, Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, 11 Sep 2017 at 04:36, jiewuza wrote:
> > It is quite common to have multi-rows/columns cells in talbe. But as far
> > as I know, it seems impossible with the org built-in table editor.
>
> org does not support multi-row/column cells in tables. When you say:
>
> > It works.
>
> what do you mean? If I edit your example, org does not recognise it as
> a table (or, at least, not a properly defined one).
>
> --
> : Eric S Fraga via Emacs 24.5.1, Org release_9.1-57-gc6e563
>
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* Re: How to create tables with multi-rows/columns cells?
2017-09-11 8:47 ` Eric S Fraga
2017-09-12 17:34 ` Grant Rettke
@ 2017-09-13 1:49 ` jiewuza
2017-09-13 2:22 ` jiewuza
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: jiewuza @ 2017-09-13 1:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com> writes:
> On Monday, 11 Sep 2017 at 04:36, jiewuza wrote:
>> It is quite common to have multi-rows/columns cells in talbe. But as far
>> as I know, it seems impossible with the org built-in table editor.
>
> org does not support multi-row/column cells in tables. When you say:
>
>> It works.
>
> what do you mean? If I edit your example, org does not recognise it as
> a table (or, at least, not a properly defined one).
I mean when I export the table to html (see below), I get what I want.
#+BEGIN_SRC org
+-----+-----+-----+
| h | |
+-----+-----+ h3 |
| h1 | h2 | |
+-----+-----+-----+
| a | b | c |
+-----+-----+-----+
| d | e | f |
+-----+-----+-----+
#+END_SRC
#+BEGIN_SRC html
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">
h
</td>
<td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">
<br />
h3 <br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
h1
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
h2
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
a
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
b
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
c
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
d
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
e
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
f
</td>
</tr>
</table>
#+END_SRC
But there is no <thead> in the output. That is why I suggest maybe we
can add org support to treat "===" as a separator of thead and tbody.
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* Re: How to create tables with multi-rows/columns cells?
2017-09-11 8:47 ` Eric S Fraga
2017-09-12 17:34 ` Grant Rettke
2017-09-13 1:49 ` jiewuza
@ 2017-09-13 2:22 ` jiewuza
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: jiewuza @ 2017-09-13 2:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com> writes:
> On Monday, 11 Sep 2017 at 04:36, jiewuza wrote:
>> It is quite common to have multi-rows/columns cells in talbe. But as far
>> as I know, it seems impossible with the org built-in table editor.
>
> org does not support multi-row/column cells in tables.
Well, I am thinking whether this proposal would work:
1. `|@` as a separator, meaning the next cell will span multiple columns
2. `|$` as a separator, meaning the next cell will span multiple rows
3. the span will terminate when it meats a regular cell separator `|`
4. the content of the "multi-rows/columns cell"(the big cell) should be
placed in the right-bottom single cell of the big one
For example, these two tables have the same effect.
#+BEGIN_SRC org
|@ | header |$ |
| h1 | h2 | h3 |
|----+--------+----|
| a |@$ |$ |
| d |@ | f |
+-----+-----+-----+
| h | |
+-----+-----+ h3 |
| h1 | h2 | |
+-----+-----+-----+
| a | |
+-----+ f |
| d | |
+-----+-----------+
#+END_SRC
I do not know if it can be implemented in a clear and simple way based
on the current org-table and ox-* code. Maybe '|@n$m' like separator
(m,n is a number) would be simpler. I do not know. But it is great if
org supports multi-row/column cells in tables.
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