[Orgmode] Re: org tbl, sum elements in a colum with the mouse

[Bernt Hansen]

Uwe Brauer <address@hidden> writes:

>>>>>> On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:42:51 -0400, Bernt Hansen <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>    > Uwe Brauer <address@hidden> writes:
>    >> Hello 
>    >> 
>    >> Most spreadsheets I know off are able to sum rows in colum,
>    >> by marking it with the mouse and then call the sum
>    >> function. I can't find that functionality in org modes
>    >> table.
>    >> Could that be easily implemented? 
>    >> 
>    >> thanks
>
>    > I don't think that is available with mouse
>    > functionality but in a column in a table you can do C-c
>    > + to sum the values and display the result.
>
> Ok my mistake the cursor has to be over the last element of
> the colum not in the empty row below. Nice thanks.

It should work in any element of a column - not just the last.  It works
fine for me on the empty cell as well.

>
> But is there a similar functionality for columns?  That is I
> don't want to add the whole columns but the elements of one
> row.

I don't think there is row summing functionality (but I could be wrong)
-- there are so many functions that org-mode provides I can't keep track
of them all :)

-Bernt