On Mar 18, 2014, at 20:39, Sharon Kimble <boudic...@talktalk.net> wrote:
> I have this list of books that I've read on my kindle which I now want > to store for posterity in org-mode. (OT thus sounds more like tasks/checklists to me) > > 24-11-13 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, fire storm > 3-12-13 - Richmal Compton - just Williams New years day > 9-12-13 - richmal compton - still william > 11-1-14 - Pc wren - beau geste > 18-1-14 - Andrew Lane - young sherlock Holmes, the red leech > 26-1-14 - Ian Fleming - casino royale > 24-02-14 - Cory doctorow - little brother > > How can I create a table of them please? > > I've tried highlighting them and then converting the region, but with a bit > of elbow-grease and > deletions I get this - > > | 24-11-13 | Andrew Lane | young sherlock Holmes, fire storm > | > | 3-12-13 | Richmal Compton | just Williams New years day > | > | 9-12-13 | richmal compton | still william > | > | 11-1-14 | Pc wren | beau geste > | > | 18-1-14 | Andrew Lane | young sherlock Holmes, the red > leech | > | 26-1-14 | Ian Fleming | casino royale > | > | 24-02-14 | Cory doctorow | little brother > | That looks like a table -- assuming the leftmost pipe is the first character in each row, org should recognize it as a table. For me, the most obvious sign involves turning it purple but I'm not sure if that's set by my color theme or not. If it's a table, just put point anywhere inside it and hit TAB and it should auto align (left justified by default) If that's not working, please send a copy of the file in question and details of your setup, including but not limited to the output of `M-x org-version` and everything in your .emacs with an "org" in it. Hope that helps, Michael > > which looks stilted and unnatural! How can I close the gaps in the > cells please and get it all left-aligned? I've tried tabbing in the > cell and that didn't work, and neither did 'C-c C-c'. > > Thanks > Sharon. > -- > A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk > my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots > Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.1 > Registered Linux user 561944
