From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Visher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How close does Emacs already come to Soulver? Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:58:52 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87txcoy5or.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87bnywxo0n.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <874n4oi35z.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87sis8gnwj.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1390921188 30098 80.91.229.3 (28 Jan 2014 14:59:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:59:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs To: Bastien Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 28 15:59:56 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W8A8o-000569-Qc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:59:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37749 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W8A8o-0004KV-AR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:59:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39793) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W8A8Y-0004If-Nr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:59:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W8A8S-0007rC-Qe for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:59:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qa0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c00::231]:47298) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W8A8S-0007r8-MJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:59:32 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-qa0-f49.google.com with SMTP id w8so589941qac.36 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 06:59:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=8ente5N1vOJ68iZ1r/w7eoYmROX2XXon6VMxLzc7suE=; b=k/PgpKpw5TlW1tCqX4Pv1JffWmpGwr9ImJgz3YvyzUVBTksFZOF57uXv7UMrko9Q81 EN/8ZYUFRXgObHvD1/DOEobyd6fp2tCDSGkV5F6gBnH6jwEoLRIqmnZ4xO0pb15FkHfw u86IjOUvLrocHimsU9wnn4H//xfLSpG7JLI4YvVb/6u9E1Ez6xbrWbOOnN4lQLUetgSF HVj3FB1ZC0ZKIoIfMPb2+uyBaudehihJ2ORnTqE7oh3hQ75eubnYB8uXPNeRmNo8/yCf wNRYUjBIRBTmczYQ0hmtUZE8alX8DO6KimzZSPUxlnR6xcxhCG3OYd4E6bcysw9cI0bU zkrA== X-Received: by 10.140.22.145 with SMTP id 17mr3013869qgn.0.1390921172136; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 06:59:32 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.140.97.228 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 06:58:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87sis8gnwj.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c00::231 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:95732 Archived-At: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Bastien wrote: > Tim Visher writes: > >> Unless I'm misreading the docs, I don't see how tables help me with >> unstructured text. > > Oh, it doesn't, I misread your question. > >> The whole point of Soulver seems to be that it >> extracts the formula out of the natural language of the problem >> statement. Introducing structure to that text would be beside the >> point. Once I can start adding structure then I might as well not >> write the natural language. > > Yes. So no, Org-mode cannot help here. You will need to write > another dedicated mode for that, but I'm sure it's possible. Got it. :) -- In Christ, Timmy V. http://blog.twonegatives.com/ http://five.sentenc.es/ -- Spend less time on mail