Lately, I've been creating a lot of tables from text from text files containing a mix of English text and columnar data (the stuff I'm importing).  This is pretty easy to do in org-mode:  save the columnar data to a temporary file and then run M-x org-table-import.  But it would be even easier if I could import the data without the temp file step.

One way to do this could be to add a new function, org-table-import-from-kill-ring:

1. In the original text file, copy the tabular part into the kill ring with C-w or equivalent
2. In the org file, with the cursor at the place for the new table, type M-x org-table-import-from-kill-ring

Another way could be to add a new function, org-table-import-to-kill-ring

1. In the original text file, select the tabular data and type M-x org-table-import-to-kill-ring
2. In the org file, put the cursor where you want the table and type C-y

Or, maybe there are more clever ideas?

Scott