This allows you to create org-tables in languages that do not have block comments. For example in elisp:
| <5> | |||
| This | is | a | table |
| that | may be created | in | orgtbl-comment-mode |
|---|
or
| This | is | a | table |
| that | may be created | in | orgtbl-comment-mode |
|---|
It also supports single-comment radio tables, for example in LaTeX the following now works if you are using the overlays driver for org-table-comment:
% BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures % END RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
% #+ORGTBL: SEND salesfigures orgtbl-to-latex % |——-+——+———+———| % | Month | Days | Nr sold | per day | % |——-+——+———+———| % | Jan | 23 | 55 | 2.4 | % | Feb | 21 | 16 | 0.8 | % | March | 22 | 278 | 12.6 | % |——-+——+———+———| % #+TBLFM: $4=$3/$2;.1f
When editing the table, pressing C-c C-c produces the LaTeX table, as follows:
% BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
\begin{tabular}{lrrr}
\hline
Month & Days & Nr sold & per day
\hline
Jan & 23 & 55 & 2.4 \
Feb & 21 & 16 & 0.8 \
March & 22 & 278 & 12.6 \
\hline
\end{tabular}
% END RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
% #+ORGTBL: SEND salesfigures orgtbl-to-latex % |——-+——+———+———| % | Month | Days | Nr sold | per day | % |——-+——+———+———| % | Jan | 23 | 55 | 2.4 | % | Feb | 21 | 16 | 0.8 | % | March | 22 | 278 | 12.6 | % |——-+——+———+———| % #+TBLFM: $4=$3/$2;.1f
NOTE: This requires `comment-region’ and `uncomment-region’ to work properly in the mode you are using. Also filling/wrapping in the mode needs to not wrap the orgbls.
TODO: Make killing and cutting cut the appropriate lines when inside org-comment-table.
Eventually this could allow for R radio tables..?