From 236cdb292a2eff8f998a7bf987cb0bf4671e740c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carsten Dominik Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 17:55:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document the change of the default value `org-table-use-standard-references' --- doc/org.texi | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi index cea4b1468..def5fa252 100644 --- a/doc/org.texi +++ b/doc/org.texi @@ -2269,12 +2269,14 @@ field, or press @kbd{C-c @}} to toggle the display of a grid. Formulas can reference the value of another field in two ways. Like in any other spreadsheet, you may reference fields with a letter/number combination like @code{B3}, meaning the 2nd field in the 3rd row. -@c Such references are always fixed to that field, they don't change -@c when you copy and paste a formula to a different field. So -@c Org's @code{B3} behaves like @code{$B$3} in other spreadsheets. @noindent -Org also uses another, more general operator that looks like this: +@vindex org-table-use-standard-references +Org prefers@footnote{Org will understand references typed by the user as +@samp{B4}, but it will not use this syntax when offering a formula for +editing. You can customize this behavior using the variable +@code{org-table-use-standard-references}.} to use another, more general +operator that looks like this: @example @@@var{row}$@var{column} @end example