i have a problem similar to this from a few months ago. in this case,
it seems to be when trying to pass a column with a quoted-string inside
of it. (this is on the "bugfix" branch.) my e-lisp code seems to get
just the initial part of the string from the cell with "odd" contents.
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#+name: xl
| this, "he said" | is where, | "you go in" there |
#+begin_src elisp :var xl=xl
(message "%S" xl)
#+end_src
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when i execute this, *Messages* says
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(("this, \"he said\"" "is where," "you go in"))
Code block evaluation complete.
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(my complaint: there's no there there. :)
in December, when i reported something similar, Tim pushed back, and
maybe i should elaborate:
> The key question is what is the use case for having this 'mixed'
> content in a table cell?
for better or worse, i most often use org-mode tables as (storage and
data entry mechanisms for) simple data bases. other than the pipe
symbol ('|'), i assume i can put "anything" in a cell, and extract it
later. i find this very valuable.
normally, i pass such tables to some R code (this example, btw, breaks
passing to R code). but occasionally i do other things with them.
the behavior i'm seeing seems to me inconsistent, indicating it is maybe
not intentional. exporting, for example, at least to html. i see the
full contents of the third column.
cheers, Greg
