Emacs: import a CSV into org-mode

From the org-mode manual: C-c | Convert the active region to table. If every line contains at least one TAB character, the function assumes that the material is tab separated. If every line contains a comma, comma-separated values (CSV) are assumed. If not, lines are split at whitespace into fields. You can use a prefix … Read more

Compare markdown or org mode

I think markdown and org derive from the different demands, while they coincidently have the similar markup syntax to edit plain text documents. Markdown is only designed to easily read/write plain text. Refer to its philosophy: Markdown is intended to be as easy-to-read and easy-to-write as is feasible. However, org is more complicated and it … Read more

How to make all org-files under a folder added in agenda-list automatically?

Just naming the directory should be enough. For example this works for me very well: (setq org-agenda-files ‘(“~/org”)) Also take a look at org-agenda-text-search-extra-files; it lets you add extra files included only in text searches. A typical value might be, (setq org-agenda-text-search-extra-files ‘(agenda-archives “~/org/subdir/textfile1.txt” “~/org/subdir/textfile1.txt”)) Caveat: If you add a file to the directory after … Read more

Merge cells in org-mode tables

It is not possible with org-mode tables. However, have a look at table.el package (included with emacs for some time so try: C-h d table). Org-mode has some support for tables from this library, e.g. when exporting, but don’t expect full compatibility. As for simulating merged cell, it depends on what you want. Inlining text … Read more

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