Charles Millar <mill...@verizon.net> writes: > Hello, > > I have always concerned myself that a table column formula returns what is > expected.and is correct. > > However I never paid attention to the echo area and I just noticed that it > displays the following message > > "cells in region copied, use M-x org-table-paste-rectangle to paste them in a > table" > > when I C-c C-c on the formula in the following table > > | 1 | > | 2 | > | 3 | > | | > #+tblfm: @>$>=vsum(@1..@>>) > > The correct result is returned. > > Have I been ignoring something for the past several years, i.e. has the above > message always been displayed? >
No, it was added recently: ,---- | $ git blame -L 1868,1870 -- org-table.el | 5c8cb1e733 (Bastien 2018-04-28 12:52:20 +0200 1868) (setq org-table-clip (nreverse region)) | 5c8cb1e733 (Bastien 2018-04-28 12:52:20 +0200 1869) (message (substitute-command-keys "Cells in the region copied, use \\[org-table-paste-rectangle] to paste them in a table.")))) | fe939ecb95 (Carsten Dominik 2008-03-22 16:52:18 +0100 1870) | $ git show 5c8cb1e733 | commit 5c8cb1e7332a9fd8ba71cd0a5fe7bdf5d19d09fd | Author: Bastien <b...@gnu.org> | Date: Sat Apr 28 12:52:20 2018 +0200 | | Add messages for `org-table-copy-region' and `org-copy-visible' | | * lisp/org-table.el (org-table-copy-region): | * lisp/org.el (org-copy-visible): Add a message. `---- > Just wondering. > > Charlie Millar > > > -- Nick "There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." -Martin Fowler
