From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rolf Sander (MPI)" Subject: comment lines inside org tables Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:05:55 +0200 Message-ID: <74597925-06d8-c5a3-198c-cfaa1acedd57@mpic.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50001) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bonOr-0001aX-II for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:06:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bonOn-0004hT-9x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:06:00 -0400 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.131]:57556) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bonOm-0004h5-W8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:05:57 -0400 Received: from [192.168.178.38] ([92.212.4.41]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue003) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LwmRY-1ara2N2LRg-016MkJ for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:05:55 +0200 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hello, I need to put comments inside a very big table which then should basically looks like this: |--------+-------+--------| | animal | size | number | |--------+-------+--------| | gnus | big | 3 | # don't forget to add elephants here: | gnats | small | 1000 | |--------+-------+--------| However, if I simply add a line in the middle of the table, org-tbl splits it into separate tables with different column widths: |--------+------+--------| | animal | size | number | |--------+------+--------| | gnus | big | 3 | # don't forget to add elephants here: | gnats | small | 1000 | |-------+-------+------| If I start the comment line with "|", the comment becomes an active part of the table and goes into the first column: |-------------------------------------+-------+--------| | animal | size | number | |-------------------------------------+-------+--------| | gnus | big | 3 | | don't forget to add elephants here: | | | | gnats | small | 1000 | |-------------------------------------+-------+--------| If I start the comment with "|-", it turns into a line separator and the comment text disappears. Any suggestions? Best regards Rolf -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rolf Sander phone: [+49] 6131/305-4610 Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry email: rolf.sander@mpic.de PO Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany homepage: www.rolf-sander.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- www.atmospheric-chemistry-and-physics.net www.geoscientific-model-development.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------