From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vicente Vera Subject: Re: exporting markdown with tables Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 18:24:11 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1496508393.398979.997639488.57C94D91@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60659) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dHaCF-0003TE-Tl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2017 14:24:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dHaCF-0006VQ-00 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2017 14:24:15 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::230]:35662) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dHaCE-0006Sz-RR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2017 14:24:14 -0400 Received: by mail-oi0-x230.google.com with SMTP id l18so137704235oig.2 for ; Sun, 04 Jun 2017 11:24:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1496508393.398979.997639488.57C94D91@webmail.messagingengine.com> 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: Peter Davis Cc: emacs-orgmode Cool, you're welcome. It is not the most convenient solution, but keeping your tables in Editorial Markdown syntax should work: #+BEGIN_EXPORT md Cat | Fur | --- | --- | A | A lot | B | None | #+END_EXPORT 2017-06-03 16:46 GMT+00:00 Peter Davis : > Thanks, Vincente. > > I'm specifically aiming at the Markdown syntax supported by the Editorial > app, which does include markup for tables. Unfortunately, it looks like > Editorial's Markdown doesn't use the initial '|', so simply exporting the > org markup won't work without some editing. > > Thanks! > -pd > > On Sat, Jun 3, 2017, at 12:31 PM, Vicente Vera wrote: >> There are several Markdown "forks" which have different sets of features. >> >> AFAIK the markdown exporter in Org is based upon John Gruber's >> Markdown, which does not include a syntax for tables. Thus all tables >> in Org documents get exported as HTML. >> >> A workaround is to wrap your Org tables as: >> >> #+BEGIN_EXPORT md >> | Name | Years | >> | Edward | 44 | >> | Sylvia | 45 | >> #+END_EXPORT >> >> On export to Markdown the tables will be kept unmodified as Org syntax. >> >> It is important that you know which flavor of Markdown you're >> targeting, because not all versions accept tables in Org syntax. >> Pandoc's Markdown have a similar syntax for "pipe tables". However, >> you may type all tables in any syntax accepted by your Markdown >> version and keep them wrapped in #+BEGIN_EXPORT tags. >> >> 2017-06-03 13:41 GMT+00:00 Peter Davis : >> > >> > I'd like to be able to move easily between org-mode and the IOS app >> > Editorial, which is mainly based around markdown syntax. I can >> > easily export markdown from org-mode, but the tables seems to come >> > through as straight HTML, as opposed to markdown's table >> > syntax. This makes it more difficult to edit the resulting files. >> > >> > Is there a way to get org to export to markdown using md's table syntax? >> > >> > (FWIW, I tried using pandoc, but this just removed the table syntax >> > altogether, so an entire table would just run together into a >> > paragraph of gibberish.) >> > >> > Thanks, >> > -pd >> > >> > > > > -- > Peter Davis > www.techcurmudgeon.com >