I assume that your problem is due the long names in the column named "protein". You can have org-table clip the columns to a more reasonable length by adding a row that contains e.g. <20> in the column to clip. This will clip the column to 20 characters. You can still edit the full column contents by doing ~C-c `~.
Thus add the following new row in the beginning or the end of the table: | | | <20> | | | move to <20> and press C-c C-c. See: http://orgmode.org/manual/Column-width-and-alignment.html Regards, Dov On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 07:31, Rodolfo Aramayo <raram...@tamu.edu> wrote: > People, > > I am trying to use the powerful org-table features of org-mode to solve a > simple problem > I have imported a table from excel in both cvs and tab-delimited formats > and converted the region to table > > the table looks like this: > > ################################################################################## > | Entry | Entry name | Protein names | Gene names | Length > | > > | Q01284 | 2NPD_NEUCR | Nitronate monooxygenase (EC 1.13.12.16) > (2-nitropropane dioxygenase) (2-NPD) (Nitroalkane oxidase) | ncd-2 > G17A4.200 NCU03949 | 378 | > | P05195 | 3DHQ_NEUCR | Catabolic 3-dehydroquinase (cDHQase) (EC 4.2.1.10) > (3-dehydroquinate dehydratase) | qa-2 NCU06023 | 173 > | > | Q7SDX3 | 3HAO_NEUCR | 3-hydroxyanthranilate 3,4-dioxygenase (EC > 1.13.11.6) (3-hydroxyanthranilate oxygenase) (3-HAO) (3-hydroxyanthranilic > acid dioxygenase) (HAD) (Biosynthesis of nicotinic acid > protein 1) | bna-1 NCU03282 | 180 > | > > | P07046 | 3SHD_NEUCR | 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase (DHS dehydratase) > (DHSase) (EC 4.2.1.-) | qa-4 NCU06024 | 359 > | > > > ################################################################################## > but as soon as I try to align the columns, then org-table introduces a > myriad of spaces where there were previously none > Why is this happening? > What am I doing wrong? > > I want to use org-mode for Bioinformatics and teach students to use it as > a tool, but I cannot do it unless things work seamless on my hands > > Any help will be much appreciated > > --Rodolfo Aramayo, PhD >
