Emacs' org-mode permits editing of text tables. There is an orgtbl minor mode to edit tables outside of an .org file. Regards, Luis
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 06:59:57AM -0800, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 09:32:16AM -0500, Peter Davis wrote: > > I'm using mutt on OS X, with emacs as my editor. It's a great > > combination, but there are times when I really *REALLY* want to put a > > table in a message. I tried creating an HTML attachment containing the > > table, but HTML-capable mail readers just display this as an > > attachment that has to be opened separately. > > > > Is there any reasonly easy (non-painful) way to put a table in a > > message? A plain text table would be fine if I could limit it to 72 > > characters wide or so, and if there were a reasonable way to edit it, > > preferably in emacs. > > > > Otherwise, I think I'd have to resort to an HTML table, but even that > > can't easily be done with mutt, as far as I can tell. > > > > Ideas? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -pd > > Hmm... maybe you could modify your editor script to pipe output through > a reStructuredText[1] or Wiki (or something else you prefer like even > HTML) parser and output to plain text with the width restrictions you > require. > > Ray > > [1] http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html -- o W. Luis Mochán, | tel:(52)(777)329-1734 /<(*) Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM | fax:(52)(777)317-5388 `>/ /\ Apdo. Postal 48-3, 62251 | (*)/\/ \ Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | moc...@fis.unam.mx /\_/\__/ O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org
