Re: [Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-04 Thread Xiao-Yong Jin
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 15:19:06 -0500, Russell Adams wrote: > On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 12:46:28PM -0400, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote: >> I have an idea. We can leave the original table intact, >> while making a new dynamically generated table derived from >> the original one. > The org-babel idea was the do

Re: [Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-04 Thread Russell Adams
On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 12:46:28PM -0400, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote: > I have an idea. We can leave the original table intact, > while making a new dynamically generated table derived from > the original one. The org-babel idea was the do similar, but again you will not have the ability to edit the dat

Re: [Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-04 Thread Xiao-Yong Jin
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 09:01:30 +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: > On Apr 2, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Russell Adams wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 09:49:46AM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: >>> Would it be feasible to "narrow" a table by criteria on a specific field in between separators? Ie: only

Re: [Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-04 Thread Carsten Dominik
On Apr 2, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Russell Adams wrote: On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 09:49:46AM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: Would it be feasible to "narrow" a table by criteria on a specific field in between separators? Ie: only display those cells in field A if they are > 2, or if field B matches "P

Re: [Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-02 Thread Russell Adams
On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 09:55:16AM -0500, Russell Adams wrote: > > As you can see I got rid of a few horizontal separator lines, and we > > don't currently have totals. I'll suggest fixes for that below, but my > > main point is that although it may make sense to extend org-mode, it's > > already e

Re: [Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-02 Thread Russell Adams
On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 10:44:23AM -0400, Dan Davison wrote: > How about keeping a master table containing all the information, and > then generating narrowed views as separate tables? The babel way to do > this would be to have a block function "filter-table" (provided below) > and then call it wh

Re: [Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-02 Thread Dan Davison
Hi Russell, Carsten Dominik writes: > On Apr 1, 2010, at 11:46 PM, Russell Adams wrote: > >> Fellow Org'ers, >> >> I adore the text spreadsheet, however there's one feature Excel >> provides which I don't have in org. >> >> I often use Excel for "lists", where I can sort or narrow the data by >>

Re: [Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-02 Thread Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
How can you expand/narrow the disabled lines if you want to show/hide them? This will probably interfere with normal TAB use inside a table. I think that the ability to "disable" some lines based on data in a column, such as in your example, can be very useful. But maybe we don't need to really c

Re: [Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-02 Thread Russell Adams
On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 09:49:46AM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: > >> Would it be feasible to "narrow" a table by criteria on a specific >> field in between separators? Ie: only display those cells in field A >> if they are > 2, or if field B matches "Pick Me!". > > This one might be possible - but

Re: [Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-02 Thread Carsten Dominik
On Apr 1, 2010, at 11:46 PM, Russell Adams wrote: Fellow Org'ers, I adore the text spreadsheet, however there's one feature Excel provides which I don't have in org. I often use Excel for "lists", where I can sort or narrow the data by specific criteria from a larger list. Would it be feasib

[Orgmode] Spreadsheet FR

2010-04-01 Thread Russell Adams
Fellow Org'ers, I adore the text spreadsheet, however there's one feature Excel provides which I don't have in org. I often use Excel for "lists", where I can sort or narrow the data by specific criteria from a larger list. Would it be feasible to "narrow" a table by criteria on a specific field