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From: | Eddward DeVilla |
Subject: | Re: [Orgmode] Re: Table questions |
Date: | Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:28:51 -0600 |
On 12/19/06, Michael <address@hidden> wrote:
On 18 Dec 2006, Carsten Dominik wrote: > On Dec 14, 2006, at 17:19, Michael wrote: > You cannot, at least currently. I am not sure how well this would > work, because the table editor makes it very easy to swap rows, columns, > to add and delete columns, and such references would become invalid > unless one would carefully track these changes. I agree that you probably don't want to exactly replace the full power of Excel. But this simple feature makes it possible to keep track of simple data. I won't mind having to redo the formula after row swapping etc., which I think won't happen so often for a given table anyway.
I know I use column swapping a lot. I haven't got formulas down yet, but if I where to use them in a table where I'm liable to column swap, I'd probably use named columns. (That's supported, right?) Row swapping would be trickier, but I don't do that much unless I'm sorting based on a field, and if I'm sorting, I don't think I'd do much more than ask for "$named_column one row up". The ability to ask for a named column in a row relative to the current one might be reasonably safe without having to change formulas. Swapping rows could still bite the user if he didn't plan things out right. Edd
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