Hello all. Following a suggestion from Michael Brand (thanks, Michael!), I implemented a version able to use unicode block characters. It is here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/orgtbl-ascii-plot.html
Use =C-u C-c p= in the column to plot, and answer questions. Without =C-u= prefix, the base ascii, 12 characters wide version is used. | x | x^2 | ascii | uc cont | uc grid | |----+-----+--------------+--------------+--------------| | 0 | 0 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 | 4 | : | ▏ | ▏ | | 3 | 9 | u | ▍ | ▌ | | 4 | 16 | H | ▊ | ▉ | | 5 | 25 | Wu | ▉▍ | █▌ | | 6 | 36 | WW. | ▉▉▏ | ██▏ | | 7 | 49 | WWH | ▉▉▉ | ███ | | 8 | 64 | WWWV | ▉▉▉▊ | ███▉ | | 9 | 81 | WWWWV | ▉▉▉▉▊ | ████▉ | | 10 | 100 | WWWWWW | ▉▉▉▉▉▉ | ██████ | | 11 | 121 | WWWWWWW: | ▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▎ | ███████▍ | | 12 | 144 | WWWWWWWWl | ▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▋ | ████████▊ | | 13 | 169 | WWWWWWWWWW. | ▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▎ | ██████████▎ | | 14 | 196 | WWWWWWWWWWWh | ▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉ | ████████████ | #+TBLFM: $4='(orgtbl-uc-draw-grid $2 0 196 12)::$5='(orgtbl-uc-draw-cont $2 0 196 12)::$3='(orgtbl-ascii-draw $2 0 200) Have fun Thierry