Bug: Macros are not replaced in table.el tables. [9.3 (9.3-elpa @ /Users/jlizarraga/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20191203/)]

[Juan Lizarraga Cubillos]

Hello

I am writing looking for help on something that I think is a bug. I am working on a document with table.el tables instead of org-tables because I need to work with merged cells. Inside the table I have a macro that should generate the table ID. Unfortunately, I have noticed that macros are not replaced inside table.el tables as they are in org-tables when I export to HTML. Since the manual says "Org recognizes macro references in following Org markup areas: paragraphs, headlines, verse blocks, tables cells and lists." without being specific, I assume this behavior is a bug.

Here under you have an example of what I am trying to do:

+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| ID      | {{{n(Id)}}}                                                                                                                                         |

+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| Name    | Some name                                                                                                                                           |

+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| Description:                                                                                                                                                  |

+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| Some description Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad ...   |

+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Many thanks

Juan

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0, NS appkit-1671.20 Version 10.14.3 (Build 18D109))

of 2019-09-02

Package: Org mode version 9.3 (9.3-elpa @ /Users/jlizarraga/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20191203/)

current state:

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