Hi, I just tried to do the following computation using Calc's HMS forms in an Org table, but Org got stuck in an endless loop when computing the last row.
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- | samples | mean | stddev | |----------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------| | [11'10, 9'55, 9'7, 10'45, 10'14, 9'29] | 0@ 10' 6.6666667" | 46.150479 | | [6'37, 6'18, 7'31, 7'45, 7'35, 6'25] | 0@ 7' 1.8333333" | 39.265337 | | [10'8, 9'48, 9'50] | 0@ 9' 55.333333" | 11.015141 | |----------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------| | | 0@ 27' 2.8027" | 61.587066 | #+TBLFM: $2=vmean(@$-1/1")*1"::$3=vsdev(@$-2/1")::@5$2=vsum(@[EMAIL PROTECTED])::@5$3=sqrt(@2^2 + @3^2 + @4^2) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Patching org-table.el like this appears to fix the problem: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- diff --git a/lisp/org-table.el b/lisp/org-table.el index 339c01c..f17e072 100644 --- a/lisp/org-table.el +++ b/lisp/org-table.el @@ -2116,7 +2116,8 @@ not overwrite the stored one." ;; Check for old vertical references (setq form (org-rewrite-old-row-references form)) ;; Insert complex ranges - (while (string-match org-table-range-regexp form) + (while (and (string-match org-table-range-regexp form) + (> (length (match-string 0 form)) 1)) (setq form (replace-match (save-match-data --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Here's a ChangeLog entry in case this fix is actually correct: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 2008-10-15 Andreas Seltenreich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * org-table.el (org-table-eval-formula): Avoid parsing Calc's HMS forms as ranges. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- regards, andreas -- Org-mode version 6.09a Calc version 2.1 GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) of 2008-09-15 on tengen _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode