Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com> writes:

>>> It would be great to have a thing-at-point handler that returns a cell in
>>> and org table. The most simple use case is to have a table in an org-file
>>> with data that you need to transfer to an online Web page. Being able to
>>> (copy-as-kill ...) a cell's contents could speed up the whole process...
>>
>> May you please elaborate on how exactly `thing-at-point' will help copy-as-kill?
> 
> Hi Ihor, of course this was just an example. The thing-at-point would make it easier to write a copy-as-kill-cell function.

Then, you can just use `org-element-context' and/or `org-element-at-point'.

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