I also re-read my initial question and your response *does* address my mis phrased question. To rephrase my question, I have a table with these values:
| heading col 0 | heading col 1 | | ------------------ | ----------------- | | A | B | C | D I found the org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays which displays an overlay showing the row number: https://www.evernote.com/l/AOJvD5ty6RRIBYAcSWV-047CKCHT5NIAhl8 I would like to know if there's a way to influence org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays (e.g. some flag like "don't count rows before headings") Thanks, --Nate On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 10:22 PM Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Neil, > > Unfortunately, no - This code will print the number of rows in my table - > it does > not add a column to my table, with numbering starting at the first row > under the > headline. > > I really like the example, where I can mess with the table using lisp > though - thank > you! > --Nate > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:13 AM Neil Jerram <neiljer...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Does this answer your question? >> >> #+NAME: tt >> | num | ID | >> |-----+----| >> | 1 | A | >> | 2 | B | >> | 3 | C | >> | 4 | | >> | 5 | E | >> >> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var tt=tt >> (length tt) >> #+END_SRC >> >> #+RESULTS: >> : 5 >> >> Best wishes, >> Neil >> >> >> On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 18:39, Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I have a table like this: >>> >>> >>> | ID | >>> |----| >>> | 2 | >>> | 3 | >>> >>> and I want to know how many rows there are w/o the ID heading >>> and w/o the horizontal separator. I found the >>> org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays >>> which displays an overlay showing the row number: >>> >>> https://www.evernote.com/l/AOJvD5ty6RRIBYAcSWV-047CKCHT5NIAhl8 >>> >>> However, the heading is included in the row number (which makes sense). >>> >>> Is there a way to ignore lines above a heading (or mark a heading in >>> some way? >>> >>> I found a way to add a seq. number by using Calc [1] but I was wondering >>> if >>> there's a way to tell the org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays not to >>> count the >>> heading. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> --Nate >>> >>> [1] >>> >>> >>> | num | ID | >>> |-----+----| >>> | 1 | A | >>> | 2 | B | >>> | 3 | C | >>> | 4 | | >>> | 5 | E | >>> #+TBLFM: $1=vlen(@I..0) >>> >>> >>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9267050/how-to-achieve-a-row-index-column-in-emacs-org-mode-using-a-calc-column-rule >>> >>> >>>
