Re: [ANN] orgtbl-fit

[tbanelwebmin]

On 3/3/23 16:13, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> >      BTW, the dollar replacement is something org-table can benefit from---a
> >      number of people are confused because "$" is treated specially by Calc.
> >
> > I'm not sure what you mean. The dollar in spreadsheet formulas? Like:
> > #+TBLFM: $6=$5+1
> Which means that I misread the sources. I was referring to
>   | 2$ | 3$| #ERROR |
>   #+tblfm: $3=$2+$1
>
> Error in the above is because Calc handles "$" specially.

Org or Calc was waiting for something after the $, as in the last row of 
this table:

|     |    | sum    | error message                   |
|-----+----+--------+---------------------------------|
| 2$  | 3$ | #ERROR | $'s not allowed in this context |
| 2_  | 3_ | #ERROR | Expected a number               |
| 2€  | 3€ | #ERROR | Expected `)'                    |
| 2㍐ | 3¥ | #ERROR | Expected `)'                    |
| 2£  | 3£ | #ERROR | Expected `)'                    |
| 2*  | 3+ | #ERROR | Expected a number               |
| 2   | 3  | 5      |                                 |
| $2  | 3  | 6      |                                 |
| 2$2 | 3  | 9      |                                 |
 #+tblfm: $3=$2+$1

> >      We can, but it should be first and foremost added to GNU Calc. On Org
> >      side, we just need appropriate integration. Maintaining generic data
> >      analysis code in Org is out of Org's scope.
> >
> > Absolutely
> >
> > Although the latest Calc release seams to be 2.02f, dating back in January 
> > 1992. Has it reached perfection 31
> > years ago?
> No. It became a part of Emacs, AFAIU.
> New (small) things are being added to Calc as a part of Emacs development.

Good!
So, what you said makes sense: adding features to Calc, and then giving 
access to them from Org.