Re: [Orgmode] odd table behavior

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jan 14, 2010, at 5:03 PM, David Ellis wrote:

> I haven't used tables much so please forgive me if this is a dumb  
> question.
>
> I thought if I typed the following:
>
> |this|is|a|test|
> |will tables work?|
>
> and I pressed the enter key with the cursor at the end of the second
> line, the tables would reformat. This doesn't seem to be working
> anymore for me. If I press the <TAB> key that reformats.

This is a special exception with the ENTER key.  At the end
of a line in a table it always makes a new line, because this
is pretty much the only way to split a table into two, for example.

Manish and Chris have already explained everything else.

- Carsten


> I am using GNU Emacs 23.1.1on Windows with org version 6.33f.
>
> I also noticed that if I type |- at the beginning of a line and then
> hit return, it remains |-. If I press <TAB>, it works correctly.
>
> First of all, am I correct that return should reformat. If so, what
> should I check to try to fix this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>
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- Carsten