Fwd: Re: Fwd: comment lines inside org tables

Fwd: Re: Fwd: comment lines inside org tables

[Rolf Sander (MPI)]

Hello John,

> Use a footnote? It's just a temporary reminder right?

No. Even though there are a few temporary reminders, most of the comment
lines are permanent. They describe different blocks of lines.

Sorry if my example was oversimplified. I thought presenting the full
table (currently 871 lines, 20 columns and a width of 234 characters)
would be too confusing. Maybe the following example is better:

|-----------+------------+--------|
| animal    | size       | number |
|-----------+------------+--------|
# mammals (see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal):
| gnus      | big        |      3 |
| elephants | very big   |      1 |
# insects (see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect):
| gnats     | small      |   1000 |
| flies     | also small |   2000 |
# other:
| python    | long       | 2.7.12 |
|-----------+------------+--------|

Is there a way to tell org-tbl to simply ignore a line, without
converting it into |--+--+--| ?

I'm flexible with respect to the comment character. In the example I
chose "#" but anything else would be fine as well, for example "//" or
"|#" or whatever...

Best regards
Rolf

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