On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:27:18 +0200, "Carsten Dominik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > On the subject of org-annotation-helper, the code has this comment > > about %a: > > > >> | ;; FIXME can't access %a in the template -- how to set > >> annotation? (raise-frame) > > > > While I was trying to make this work, using a slightly earlier > > version, I found that the %a would work if I had an active region > > selected at the time. Before I could find out how to make a region > > active, or stop it being needed, I found the new version of the > > code, and now I use > > %:region. But it would be interesting to know why org-mode tests for > > there being an active region; it seems to do it quite a lot. You > > need an active region to convert a table with C-c |, for instance. > > Carsten, is there any reason why it works this way? > > Hi Peter, > > how else should Org know the range of lines to convert? Or maybe I > misunderstand your question? If I use C-space to place the mark at the beginning of the table, and move point to the end, then the region covers the table, and I would expect C-c | to operate on the region. Instead, it ignores the region and asks what size table to make. If I highlight a region using the mouse, then it works. Peter. _______________________________________________ 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
