org table with auto-incrementing numbers in a column

[Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>]

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Hi,

I am trying to get auto-incrementing numbers in the first column in an org
table. The goal is to recalculate the numbers after adding/removing rows.

I checked out the org FAQ:
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#fill-table-column-with-incremental-numbers

But I am still not getting it to work as I need to.

Below is the minimum working example. Paste the below in an org buffer.


| N |   |
|---+---|
|   |   |
|   |   |
|   |   |
|   |   |
#+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@2$1=1


Now with the point anywhere in the table, when I hit "C-c *" or M-x
org-table-recalculate, I expect the first column to be auto-populated with
numbers 1,2,3,4 (or that's how I understood from the tutorial in the FAQ
link above).

But it does not work that way. Instead I need to go to each row and hit C-c
*.

So I am definitely missing out on something that's preventing the whole
table to be recalculated in one go. Any help?

Thanks!

Org-mode version 8.3.3 (release_8.3.3-597-gcaf66e @
/home/kmodi/usr_local/apps/6/emacs/emacs-25/share/emacs/site-lisp/org/)


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Kaushal Modi

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