See my solution here:
http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/31417/function-to-paste-text-as-a-orgmode-table/31425#31425
Vicente Vera writes:
> OK that's a nice trick. Very useful for CSV files. Thanks!
>
> 2017-03-12 16:52 GMT+00:00 Scott Randby :
>
>> On 03/12/2017 11:35
OK that's a nice trick. Very useful for CSV files. Thanks!
2017-03-12 16:52 GMT+00:00 Scott Randby :
> On 03/12/2017 11:35 AM, Xebar Saram wrote:
> > Thx Vicente!
> >
> > Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero
> > coding skills :)) ? i have
On 03/12/2017 11:35 AM, Xebar Saram wrote:
> Thx Vicente!
>
> Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero
> coding skills :)) ? i have hundreds of these tables to convert :)
>
> best!
>
> Z
OR
3/4, cup, milk
2, tablespoons, white vinegar
1, cup, all-purpose flour
Use a regex replacement. Basically you replace the 1st space with a
vertical pipe:
M-x query-replace-regexp
^\([^ ]+\)
|\1|
answer yes repeatedly,
then type TAB to align the table.
Le 12/03/2017 16:14, Xebar Saram a écrit :
> Hi list
>
> so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i
On 03/12/2017 11:35 AM, Xebar Saram wrote:
> Thx Vicente!
>
> Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero
> coding skills :)) ? i have hundreds of these tables to convert :)
>
> best!
>
> Z
You can try using commas to separate items.
List with commas inserted:
Thx Vicente!
Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero
coding skills :)) ? i have hundreds of these tables to convert :)
best!
Z
On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Vicente Vera wrote:
> Hello. In this case Org splits into columns everytime it
Hello. In this case Org splits into columns everytime it sees a space, so
"baking soda" ends up in two columns. A brute force solution: replace the
spaces between words that shouldn't be put into separated columns with an
underscore:
1_cup all-purpose_flour
Convert it to an Org table and then do