Re: [O] Fwd: comment lines inside org tables

[Rolf Sander (MPI)]

Hello Eric,

> could you not simply use the / label and then have a comment in one of
> the existing columns, a column that is width restricted so that a
> large amount of text doesn't affect alignent? You can then use the
> special edit mode (C-c `) for long entries to see the full comment.

Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I could do this and see something like
this in emacs:

|---+--------------+-------+--------|
|   | <12>         |       |        |
|   | animal       | size  | number |
|---+--------------+-------+--------|
|   | gnus         | big   |      3 |
| / | don't forg=> |       |        |
|   | gnats        | small |   1000 |
|---+--------------+-------+--------|

The real contents of the file, however, would look very different:

|---+--------------+-------+--------|
|   | <12>         |       |        |
|   | animal       | size  | number |
|---+--------------+-------+--------|
|   | gnus         | big   |      3 |
| / | don't forget to add elephants here: |       |        |
|   | gnats        | small |   1000 |
|---+--------------+-------+--------|

Since I am sharing my table with several colleagues at work, it is
important that the columns are really aligned in the file (not only when
viewing the file in org-mode). Unfortunately, not all of my colleagues
are using emacs...

I am still waiting for an answer to my question if the solution with
"|-/" comments that I have proposed has any negative side effects...

     Best regards
            Rolf

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