ayvango <ayva...@zoho.com> writes: > I've found a non-standard use case for org-mode.
I don't think there is a *standard* use case for org! ;-) > There is plenty of spreadsheets engine with common drawback: > spreadsheet cells follow original memory cell abstraction that are > handy for a computer but is inconvenient for human. Hierarchical > structures is more natural and in some cases may be used much more > effective for at almost half of the data models. Indeed. And I like your particular example. Enjoy! > This method saves me a lot of time but it may not be used with other > hierarchical data models as simply as for the army list. This models > may require more complicated summary types than those provided from > ground. Is there any way to incorporate abstract grammar for defining > and processing properties. There is already a way to define > synthesized attributes as well as inherited ones. But there is no way > to bind them together with a function to calculate output. I cannot answer this, whether any such way exists or not, but I can add my +1 if what you want is not possible. -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.90.1 : using Org-mode version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.138.gbf1d5)