From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: insert cell inside an org-mode table? Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 07:01:34 -0600 Message-ID: References: <87h8zs9dyu.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <87d1ae95ud.fsf@skimble.plus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36758) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dIx4N-0006Ja-6f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2017 09:01:54 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dIx4H-0004kw-Bq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2017 09:01:47 -0400 Received: from mail-ot0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c0f::234]:35878) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dIx4H-0004kM-7Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2017 09:01:41 -0400 Received: by mail-ot0-x234.google.com with SMTP id i31so22795857ota.3 for ; Thu, 08 Jun 2017 06:01:39 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <87d1ae95ud.fsf@skimble.plus.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: Sharon Kimble Cc: org-mode-email Not really. Could you give an example of before and after? For example if you are in the middle of a row and want to insert a cell in that row, what should happen? Should the just that row get longer? Or should you just add a new column? How should the cells around it shift? Sharon Kimble writes: > John Kitchin writes: > >> I don't totally understand what you want to do. You can insert a row or column into a table. >> >> org-table-insert-column >> org-table-insert-row >> >> Are you trying to do something different than that? > > Yes, I would like to just insert a single cell into a place within the > table, and then be able to adjust all other rows and cells around it, so > that it appears no different from any of the original cells. So that its > assimilated into the table as a whole. > > Does this help explain what I want to do? > > Thanks > Sharon. > >> >> John >> >> ----------------------------------- >> Professor John Kitchin >> Doherty Hall A207F >> Department of Chemical Engineering >> Carnegie Mellon University >> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >> 412-268-7803 >> @johnkitchin >> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu >> >> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 6:31 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I maintain my 'DrugFacts' website in mediawiki. I write my article in >> org-mode, export to mediawiki, correct the citations, then cut and paste >> into my mediawiki page. And it all works very well. >> >> But the front-page is a right swine! Here is the first two rows of my mediawiki front-page - >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> {| >> | '''Illegal''' >> | '''Category's''' >> | '''Legal''' >> | '''Prescription only''' >> | '''Substitute''' >> | '''Others''' >> |- >> |* [[Amphetamines]] >> |* [[:Category:Anaesthetics|Anaesthetics]] >> |* [[Alcohol]] >> |* [[Alprazolam]] >> |* [[Buprenorphine]] >> |* [[Flumazenil]] >> |- >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> And because writing mediawiki tables leads to brain damage, and a desire >> to consume 6 pints of beer as the world is going to end in ten minutes, >> according to Douglas Adams and Ford Prefect, I'm intending to create the >> table in org-mode and then export to mediawiki, correct as necessary, >> and upload. Which brings me to my question. >> >> Is it possible to insert a cell *inside* an org-mode table please, and >> auto-shuffle other rows/columns about to fit? According to the 'Table' >> menu in emacs, there isn't a way of doing it, and neither does the >> org-mode manual say that it can be done. But perhaps other people have >> found a way of doing it please? >> >> Hopefully thanks >> Sharon. >> -- >> A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk >> TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk >> DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk >> Debian 9.0, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1, org-mode 9.0.7 >> -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu