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named columns in org tables

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From: Paul Stansell <paulstansell <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: named columns in org tables
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:06:14 +0100

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Hello,

On this page https://orgmode.org/manual/Advanced-features.html
it says

- '!' :: The fields in this line define names for the columns, so that you
may refer to a column
         as '$Tot' instead of '$6'.

However, when I experimented with this I found that the first of the
following two tables works (in that the empty cells are filled in
correctly), but the second doesn't (the only difference is the replacement
of $4 with $c3 in the second table):

|---+----+----+----|
| ! | c1 | c2 | c3 |
| # |  1 |  2 |    |
| # |  3 |  4 |    |
|---+----+----+----|
#+TBLFM: $4 = $c1 + $c2

|---+----+----+----|
| ! | c1 | c2 | c3 |
| # |  1 |  2 |    |
| # |  3 |  4 |    |
|---+----+----+----|
#+TBLFM: $c3 = $c1 + $c2

Is this a bug?

I'm using Org mode version 9.7-pre (release_9.6.9-797-g4d0f89)

Thanks,

Paul

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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66213: named columns in org tables
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:12:15 +0200

On September 26, 2023 1:06:14 PM GMT+02:00, Paul Stansell <paulstansell <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On this page https://orgmode.org/manual/Advanced-features.html
> it says
> 
> - '!' :: The fields in this line define names for the columns, so that you
> may refer to a column
>          as '$Tot' instead of '$6'.
> 
> However, when I experimented with this I found that the first of the
> following two tables works (in that the empty cells are filled in
> correctly), but the second doesn't (the only difference is the replacement
> of $4 with $c3 in the second table):
> 
> |---+----+----+----|
> | ! | c1 | c2 | c3 |
> | # |  1 |  2 |    |
> | # |  3 |  4 |    |
> |---+----+----+----|
> #+TBLFM: $4 = $c1 + $c2
> 
> |---+----+----+----|
> | ! | c1 | c2 | c3 |
> | # |  1 |  2 |    |
> | # |  3 |  4 |    |
> |---+----+----+----|
> #+TBLFM: $c3 = $c1 + $c2
> 
> Is this a bug?
> 
> I'm using Org mode version 9.7-pre (release_9.6.9-797-g4d0f89)

Thanks, but could you please report this to Org developers first?

Message #11 received at 66213 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Stansell <paulstansell <at> gmail.com>
To: 66213 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: named columns in org tables
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:24:20 +0100

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Hello,

This bug can be closed as it's an org mode problem, not an emacs problem.
See
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2023-09/msg00453.html

Thanks,

Paul

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Message #16 received at 66213-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Corwin Brust <corwin <at> bru.st>
To: Paul Stansell <paulstansell <at> gmail.com>, 66213-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66213: named columns in org tables
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:16:32 -0500

Hi Paul,


On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 11:24 AM Paul Stansell <paulstansell <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This bug can be closed as it's an org mode problem, not an emacs problem.  See
> - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2023-09/msg00453.html
>

You can close bugs yourself by injecting "done" into the email address
for the bug; in this case, sending to 66213-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org

I've added to the TO line, so I believe that should close the bug.

Corwin

>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul

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