Re: [O] working with delimited files
On Fri, Jul 08 2011,Bastien wrote: > Hi Sivaram, > > Sivaram Neelakantan writes: > >> This makes it easier to read as you can see below >> | BEL | EQ | 02-Jan-2006 | 993.15 | 998 |1001 | 983 |.. >> | BEL | EQ | 03-Jan-2006 | 989.05 | 999.5 |1000 | 989.9 |.. >> | BEL | EQ | 04-Jan-2006 | 994.35 | 998 |1014 | 986.15 |.. >> >> How do I use the overlay for editing but keep the underlying file >> structure? > > I can see a solution where you could add an overlay to display the table > (say, with C-u C-c |, for example) but you won't be able to *edit*. Right, I'm able to read the file as a table using C-C |, though it ends up as a changed buffer. For simple viewing, I really do not mind the current set up that just modifies the buffer I.e C-c| is good enough(an option to open read-only would be nice). However, it's the ability to use the overlay to edit and save it back in the same format as in the original file is what I was looking for. sivaram --
Re: [O] working with delimited files
On Fri, Jul 08 2011,Rainer M Krug Rainer M Krug wrote:
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> Definitely useful - a read-only viewer of delimited files, would be a
> useful feature (and sometimes safer then an editor) which I would use
> regularly.
>
> But a really nice feature would be to be able to open a delimited file as a
> table, then being able to edit it using all the usual org features for
> tables, and being able to export the table to the delimited format again,
> while at the same time being able to save the org file. So there would be
> two aspects:
>
> 1) import delimited file into org-table
> 2) export of table into delimited format
>
> Both in itself would be very useful, but together they would be brilliant.
Exactly! And auto-{number/name}ing of the columns when importing would
also be nice.
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sivaram
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Re: [O] working with delimited files
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Sivaram, > > Sivaram Neelakantan writes: > > > This makes it easier to read as you can see below > > | BEL | EQ | 02-Jan-2006 | 993.15 | 998 |1001 | 983 |.. > > | BEL | EQ | 03-Jan-2006 | 989.05 | 999.5 |1000 | 989.9 |.. > > | BEL | EQ | 04-Jan-2006 | 994.35 | 998 |1014 | 986.15 |.. > > > > How do I use the overlay for editing but keep the underlying file > > structure? > > I can see a solution where you could add an overlay to display the table > (say, with C-u C-c |, for example) but you won't be able to *edit*. > > Would that be something you (and others) would find useful? > Definitely useful - a read-only viewer of delimited files, would be a useful feature (and sometimes safer then an editor) which I would use regularly. But a really nice feature would be to be able to open a delimited file as a table, then being able to edit it using all the usual org features for tables, and being able to export the table to the delimited format again, while at the same time being able to save the org file. So there would be two aspects: 1) import delimited file into org-table 2) export of table into delimited format Both in itself would be very useful, but together they would be brilliant. Rainer > -- > Bastien > > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D):+49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug
Re: [O] working with delimited files
Hi Sivaram, Sivaram Neelakantan writes: > This makes it easier to read as you can see below > | BEL | EQ | 02-Jan-2006 | 993.15 | 998 |1001 | 983 |.. > | BEL | EQ | 03-Jan-2006 | 989.05 | 999.5 |1000 | 989.9 |.. > | BEL | EQ | 04-Jan-2006 | 994.35 | 998 |1014 | 986.15 |.. > > How do I use the overlay for editing but keep the underlying file > structure? I can see a solution where you could add an overlay to display the table (say, with C-u C-c |, for example) but you won't be able to *edit*. Would that be something you (and others) would find useful? -- Bastien
