Thx Vicente! Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero coding skills :)) ? i have hundreds of these tables to convert :)
best! Z On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Vicente Vera <vicente...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. In this case Org splits into columns everytime it sees a space, so > "baking soda" ends up in two columns. A brute force solution: replace the > spaces between words that shouldn't be put into separated columns with an > underscore: > > 1_cup all-purpose_flour > > Convert it to an Org table and then do a quick M-x replace-string to > replace '_' with ' '. > > 2017-03-12 15:14 GMT+00:00 Xebar Saram <zelt...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi list >> >> so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one issue >> which is to convert text based ingridents list into org tables. >> >> for example take this list >> >> 3/4 cup milk >> 2 tablespoons white vinegar >> 1 cup all-purpose flour >> 2 tablespoons white sugar >> 1 teaspoon baking powder >> 1/2 teaspoon baking soda >> 1/2 teaspoon salt >> 1 egg >> 2 tablespoons butter, melted >> cooking spray >> >> if i mark this as a region and issue >> `org-table-create-or-convert-from-region` >> this is the result >> >> | 3/4 | cup | milk | | | | | >> | | >> | 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better | yet | >> lemon | juice%) | >> | 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | | | | >> | | >> | 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | | | | >> | | >> | 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | | | | >> | | >> | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | | | | >> | | >> | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | | | | >> | | >> | 1 | egg | | | | | | >> | | >> | 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | | | | >> | | >> | cooking | spray | | | | | | >> | | >> >> >> as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right yet the >> actual ingredients is cut into several columns >> >> i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more intelligent >> way of auto directing the conversion to split it the correct way? >> >> if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way? perhaps a >> command to quick delete the separator (|) across all the column? >> >> thx alot in advance >> >> Z >> > >
