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..? ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;