Okay, it's weird but it's still happening. Org-mode 9.1.5 as above. Hmmm, if I kill the buffer and reopen it, its sorts itself
Here's the header settings #+STARTUP: showall #+LANGUAGE: en #+OPTIONS: H:2 num:nil toc:nil \n:nil #+OPTIONS: TeX:t LaTeX:t skip:nil d:nil todo:t pri:nil tags:not-in-toc #+INFOJS_OPT: view:nil toc:nil ltoc:t mouse:underline buttons:0 path:https://orgmode.org/org-info.js #+EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS: export #+EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS: noexport actual text C&P from org buffer | date | task | time | | | |----------+---------------------------------------+------+---+---| | 19/07/12 | admin stuff -- slack, trello, backlog | 3 | | | | 19/07/16 | meeting. followup. | 2.5 | | | | | | | | | screen shot On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 2:58 PM Charles R (Charlie) Martin < chasrmar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've got Org mode version 9.1.5 (9.1.5-1-gb3ddb0-elpa > > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 2:24 PM John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> > wrote: > >> This looks like an old org bug that has been fixed in newer versions. >> >> 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 Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 3:06 PM Neil Jerram <neiljer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I just tried this with >>> >>> Org mode version 9.1.5 (release_9.1.5-1784-g772949 @ >>> /home/neil/src/org-mode/lisp/) >>> >>> and I don't see the problem with that version. What version do you have? >>> >>> >>> On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 at 19:48, Charles R (Charlie) Martin < >>> chasrmar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> This seems like an unlikely bug because it's very basic to org-mode >>>> tables, but if I'm doing something wrong I sure can't figure out what. >>>> >>>> I have this table: >>>> >>>> | Date | Count | Pages | >>>> |------------------------+-------+-------| >>>> | 2019-Aug-03 (Sat, 215) | 2069 | 7 | >>>> | | | | >>>> >>>> but when I hit TAB or C-c C-c to reformat the table it is displayed as >>>> in the screenshot >>>> >>>> [image: Screenshot 2019-08-03 12.44.51.png] >>>> >>>> Copying the text with M-w is still the same. >>>> >>>> | Date | Count | Pages | >>>> |------------------------+-------+-------| >>>> | 2019-Aug-03 (Sat, 215) | 2069 | 7 | >>>> | | | | >>>> >>>> I'm immensely puzzled. >>>> >>>> Signed >>>> Immensely puzzled >>>> >>>
