From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Table conversion problem Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:02:10 -0500 Message-ID: <87tzlux2p9.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JATSb-0003in-TS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:02:25 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JATSb-0003iN-4D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:02:25 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JATSa-0003iG-Lq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:02:24 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JATSa-0008Gs-At for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:02:24 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JATST-0005U3-4H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:02:17 +0000 Received: from cpe000102d0fe75-cm0012256ecbde.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([99.239.148.180]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:02:17 +0000 Received: from bernt by cpe000102d0fe75-cm0012256ecbde.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:02:17 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Carsten, I needed to convert a bunch of tab delimited data into a table today for an email and I knew there was a function to do this so I went to the PDF documentation for Org-mode version 5.17a It says I can select the region to be converted into a table and then hit C-c | to convert it to a table but I get this error instead of the expected behaviour: orgtbl-error: This key is has no function outside tables Now I'm actually trying to do this outside of regular org-mode - when composing a mail message using orgstruct-mode and orgtbl-mode as minor modes. In my *.org buffers C-c | works great. Is there a way to do this without converting the data to a table in org mode and then cutting and pasting it back to the email I'm composing? Bernt PS - here's a patch for the error message text above: --- diff --git a/org.el b/org.el index 9d99e98..4e2e4f9 100644 --- a/org.el +++ b/org.el @@ -7476,7 +7476,7 @@ off orgstruct-mode will *not* remove these additonal settings." (defun orgstruct-error () "Error when there is no default binding for a structure key." (interactive) - (error "This key is has no function outside structure elements")) + (error "This key has no function outside structure elements")) (defun orgstruct-setup () "Setup orgstruct keymaps." @@ -11064,7 +11064,7 @@ to execute outside of tables." (defun orgtbl-error () "Error when there is no default binding for a table key." (interactive) - (error "This key is has no function outside tables")) + (error "This key has no function outside tables")) (defun orgtbl-setup () "Setup orgtbl keymaps." diff --git a/org_xemacs.el b/org_xemacs.el index ceb6eb4..67ddc00 100644 --- a/org_xemacs.el +++ b/org_xemacs.el @@ -9338,7 +9338,7 @@ to execute outside of tables." (defun orgtbl-error () "Error when there is no default binding for a table key." (interactive) - (error "This key is has no function outside tables")) + (error "This key has no function outside tables")) (defun orgtbl-setup () "Setup orgtbl keymaps."