On Fri, Jul 08 2011,Bastien wrote: > Hi Sivaram, > > Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram....@gmail.com> writes: > >> This makes it easier to read as you can see below >> | BEL | EQ | 02-Jan-2006 | 993.15 | 998 | 1001 | 983 |.. >> | BEL | EQ | 03-Jan-2006 | 989.05 | 999.5 | 1000 | 989.9 |.. >> | BEL | EQ | 04-Jan-2006 | 994.35 | 998 | 1014 | 986.15 |.. >> >> How do I use the overlay for editing but keep the underlying file >> structure? > > I can see a solution where you could add an overlay to display the table > (say, with C-u C-c |, for example) but you won't be able to *edit*.
Right, I'm able to read the file as a table using C-C |, though it ends up as a changed buffer. For simple viewing, I really do not mind the current set up that just modifies the buffer I.e C-c| is good enough(an option to open read-only would be nice). However, it's the ability to use the overlay to edit and save it back in the same format as in the original file is what I was looking for. sivaram --
