Well, it seems a good solution to me! David
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 09:32, Christian Moe <m...@christianmoe.com> wrote: > Giovanni Ridolfi wrote: > >> David Hajage <dhaj...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> and I was wondering if row and col spaning was possible? >>> >> Currently not. But, if this is your case, you should use the table.el >> package. >> > > Yes. Still, I'd tentatively suggest adding a feature to span Org-table > cells across rows and columns -- on *export* only. (Sorry if this has been > thought of before.) > > Why? For static tables with complex layout, the table.el integration > is just what the doctor ordered and works really smoothly, and clearly > one would not want to mess up the ease and speed of Org-tables by > adding complexity like row and column spanning in the table editor. > > But what if, say, one is using the spreadsheet functionality, > frequently updates the content for publication, and would like to > e.g. span headers over multiple sub-headers? It seems less than > optimal to maintain and update a separate Org table, then convert it > to table.el and manually edit it every time one wants to publish, > spanning the same cells each time. > > For this purpose, it would be nice to be able to define reusable cell > spans the same way table formulas are entered, and with the same > syntax. Here's an idea for how it might look: > > #+CAPTION: Foo and bar sales by region > | Region | Sales | | | | | | | | > | | Q1 | | Q2 | | Q3 | | Q4 | | > | | foo | bar | foo | bar | foo | bar | foo | bar | > |--------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----| > | North | 350 | 46 | 253 | 34 | 234 | 42 | 382 | 68 | > | South | 462 | 84 | 511 | 78 | 435 | 45 | 534 | 89 | > #+TBLSPAN: A1..A3::A2..I1::B2..C2::D2..E2::F2..G2::H2..I2 > > The exporter would read the TBLSPAN line to see what cells should be > merged. It would concatenate the cell contents (if any), and add the > appropriate HTML, LaTeX or DocBook formatting. [1] > > +--------+-------------------------------------------------+ > | Region | Sales | > | +-------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ > | | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | > | +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ > | | foo | bar | foo | bar | foo | bar | foo | bar | > +--------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ > | North | 350 | 46 | 253 | 34 | 234 | 42 | 382 | 68 | > +--------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ > | South | 462 | 84 | 511 | 78 | 435 | 45 | 534 | 89 | > +--------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ > > Another example: > > | | Col A | Col B | | > |-------+-------+-------+-----| > | Row 1 | A1 | B1 | C1 | > | | A1b | B1b | C1b | > | Row 2 | A2 | B2 | C2 | > | | A2b | B2b | C2b | > #+TBLSPAN: @1$...@1$4::@2$...@3$2::@4$...@5$4 > > would result in output like: > > +---+-----+-----------+ > | | A | B | > +---+-----+-----+-----+ > | 1 | A1 | B1 | C1 | > | | +-----+-----+ > | | A1b | B1b | C1b | > +---+-----+-----+-----+ > | 2 | A2 | B2 C2 | > | +-----+ | > | | A2b | B2b C2b | > +---+-----+-----------+ > > [1] HTML: =rowspan= and =colspan= attributes of the =th= and =td= > elements. LaTeX: =\multicolumn= and =\multirow= commands. DocBook: > =namest=, =nameend= and =morerows= attributes of the =entry= > element. > >
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