[O] Missing header line in export of tables that contain "special marking characters"

[William Henney]

Hi list

When I export a table that uses `!' in the first column to denote the
column names, then the header line does not appear in the exported
file (ascii, html, or latex).  Please see the attached example org
file and html output.  Is this behavior intentional?  Can it be turned
off?

Cheers

Will

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  Dr William Henney, Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica,
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia

table-export-test

Table of Contents

• 1 Bug in export of tables with "special marking characters"
  • 1.1 HTML export of this table works fine
  • 1.2 HTML export of this table misses off the header line
  • 1.3 A workaround is to repeat the header line without the !

1 Bug in export of tables with "special marking characters"

When I export a table that uses ! in the first column to denote the column names, then the header line does not appear in the exported file. Please see the attached example org file and html output.

See <info:org#Advanced features> for info on special marking characters in org-mode tables.

1.1 HTML export of this table works fine

A	B	C
1	2	3

It was marked up like this:

| A | B | C |
|---+---+---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 |

1.2 HTML export of this table misses off the header line

1

2

3

It was marked up like this:

| ! | A | B | C |
|---+---+---+---|
| # | 1 | 2 | 3 |
   #+TBLFM: $4=$A + $B

The same problem occurs with ascii and latex export. The problem also persists with the experimental generic exporter.

1.3 A workaround is to repeat the header line without the !

A	B	C
1	2	3

It was marked up like this:

|   | A | B | C |
| ! | A | B | C |
|---+---+---+---|
| # | 1 | 2 | 3 |
   #+TBLFM: $4=$A + $B

Date: 2012-03-23T17:39-0600

Author: William Henney

Org version 7.8.06 with Emacs version 24

Validate XHTML 1.0

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