From 89de03cb8e6819715df7a3b0345c530f149713f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carsten Dominik Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:41:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document the use of \vert in table fields * doc/org.texi (Built-in table editor): Document that \vert represents a vertical bar in a table field. --- doc/org.texi | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi index a2b4b5592..36a65dacd 100644 --- a/doc/org.texi +++ b/doc/org.texi @@ -1895,10 +1895,11 @@ calculator). @section The built-in table editor @cindex table editor, built-in -Org makes it easy to format tables in plain ASCII. Any line with -@samp{|} as the first non-whitespace character is considered part of a -table. @samp{|} is also the column separator. A table might look like -this: +Org makes it easy to format tables in plain ASCII. Any line with @samp{|} as +the first non-whitespace character is considered part of a table. @samp{|} +is also the column separator@footnote{To insert a vertical bar into a table +field, use @code{\vert} or, inside a word @code{abc\vert@{@}def}.}. A table +might look like this: @example | Name | Phone | Age |