From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: things I don't understand about tables Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:12:41 -0500 Message-ID: <8650.1352765561@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> References: Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43426) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TY47S-0004Ls-Gm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:12:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TY47P-0000Fq-F8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:12:46 -0500 Received: from g5t0007.atlanta.hp.com ([15.192.0.44]:39623) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TY47P-0000Fe-Ae for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:12:43 -0500 In-Reply-To: Message from Jude DaShiell of "Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:34:11 EST." 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jude DaShiell Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Jude DaShiell wrote: > Why is it when I try putting a date in this table using the calendar I get > no date entered when in a blank field and hear the message: > Before first headline at position 376 in buffer medlog.org > How are you trying to insert the date? This error is usually produced because some function is trying to do an org-back-to-heading, i.e. the function does not expect the table to be at top level. In particular, C-c C-d (org-deadline) and C-c C-s (org-schedule) *want* a headline and insert the scheduling information after the headline, not in the table. OTOH, I tried entering a date into a table at top level with C-c . which is bound to org-time-stamp, and the date gets inserted with no error (and S-RET also works to increment the date in subsequent rows as Michael Brand mentioned) Org-mode version 7.9.2 (release_7.9.2-577-gb0a051 @ /home/nick/elisp/org-mode/lisp/) Nick