[O] Converting to a useful table in org-mode?
I have this list of books that I've read on my kindle which I now want to store for posterity in org-mode. 24-11-13 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, fire storm 3-12-13 - Richmal Compton - just Williams New years day 9-12-13 - richmal compton - still william 11-1-14 - Pc wren - beau geste 18-1-14 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, the red leech 26-1-14 - Ian Fleming - casino royale 24-02-14 - Cory doctorow - little brother How can I create a table of them please? I've tried highlighting them and then converting the region, but with a bit of elbow-grease and deletions I get this - | 24-11-13 | Andrew Lane | young sherlock Holmes, fire storm | | 3-12-13 | Richmal Compton | justWilliams New years day | | 9-12-13 | richmal compton | still william | | 11-1-14 | Pc wren | beaugeste | | 18-1-14 | Andrew Lane | young sherlock Holmes, theredleech | | 26-1-14 | Ian Fleming | casino royale | | 24-02-14 | Cory doctorow | little brother | which looks stilted and unnatural! How can I close the gaps in the cells please and get it all left-aligned? I've tried tabbing in the cell and that didn't work, and neither did 'C-c C-c'. Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.1 Registered Linux user 561944 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [O] Converting to a useful table in org-mode?
On Mar 18, 2014, at 20:39, Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net wrote: I have this list of books that I've read on my kindle which I now want to store for posterity in org-mode. (OT thus sounds more like tasks/checklists to me) 24-11-13 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, fire storm 3-12-13 - Richmal Compton - just Williams New years day 9-12-13 - richmal compton - still william 11-1-14 - Pc wren - beau geste 18-1-14 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, the red leech 26-1-14 - Ian Fleming - casino royale 24-02-14 - Cory doctorow - little brother How can I create a table of them please? I've tried highlighting them and then converting the region, but with a bit of elbow-grease and deletions I get this - | 24-11-13 | Andrew Lane | young sherlock Holmes, fire storm | | 3-12-13 | Richmal Compton | justWilliams New years day | | 9-12-13 | richmal compton | still william | | 11-1-14 | Pc wren | beaugeste | | 18-1-14 | Andrew Lane | young sherlock Holmes, thered leech | | 26-1-14 | Ian Fleming | casino royale | | 24-02-14 | Cory doctorow | little brother | That looks like a table -- assuming the leftmost pipe is the first character in each row, org should recognize it as a table. For me, the most obvious sign involves turning it purple but I'm not sure if that's set by my color theme or not. If it's a table, just put point anywhere inside it and hit TAB and it should auto align (left justified by default) If that's not working, please send a copy of the file in question and details of your setup, including but not limited to the output of `M-x org-version` and everything in your .emacs with an org in it. Hope that helps, Michael which looks stilted and unnatural! How can I close the gaps in the cells please and get it all left-aligned? I've tried tabbing in the cell and that didn't work, and neither did 'C-c C-c'. Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.1 Registered Linux user 561944
Re: [O] Converting to a useful table in org-mode?
Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net writes: I have this list of books that I've read on my kindle which I now want to store for posterity in org-mode. 24-11-13 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, fire storm 3-12-13 - Richmal Compton - just Williams New years day 9-12-13 - richmal compton - still william 11-1-14 - Pc wren - beau geste 18-1-14 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, the red leech 26-1-14 - Ian Fleming - casino royale 24-02-14 - Cory doctorow - little brother How can I create a table of them please? Mark the region and then do C-u C-u C-u M-x org-table-convert-region RET When it prompts you for a separator regexp, type ' - ' (without the quotes, but include the spaces). -- Nick
