Hello Eric,
could you not simply use the / label and then have a comment in one of
the existing columns, a column that is width restricted so that a
large amount of text doesn't affect alignent? You can then use the
special edit mode (C-c `) for long entries to see the full comment.
Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I could do this and see something like
this in emacs:
|---+--------------+-------+--------|
| | <12> | | |
| | animal | size | number |
|---+--------------+-------+--------|
| | gnus | big | 3 |
| / | don't forg=> | | |
| | gnats | small | 1000 |
|---+--------------+-------+--------|
The real contents of the file, however, would look very different:
|---+--------------+-------+--------|
| | <12> | | |
| | animal | size | number |
|---+--------------+-------+--------|
| | gnus | big | 3 |
| / | don't forget to add elephants here: | | |
| | gnats | small | 1000 |
|---+--------------+-------+--------|
Since I am sharing my table with several colleagues at work, it is
important that the columns are really aligned in the file (not only when
viewing the file in org-mode). Unfortunately, not all of my colleagues
are using emacs...
I am still waiting for an answer to my question if the solution with
"|-/" comments that I have proposed has any negative side effects...
Best regards
Rolf
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