I use a standard org-mode table to store a lot of my own personal data. However, the tables have gotten quite large.
I need a way to have the top row stay visible.
Can I set this with header-line-format or something similar?
This question on stackoverflow has two suggestions, including using elisp to set the header-line-format to the first line of the table.
It also suggests splitting the window horizontally and keeping the header in the upper window as a hackish workaround.
To use the code, add it to org-mode-hook as follows
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda()
(setq-local header-line-format
(list '(:eval
(save-excursion
(org-table-goto-line 1)
(substring (thing-at-point 'line t) 0 -1)))))))
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I read that question, but how do I set it for each different document? Each header will be at a different line for each document with a table. – Adam Thompson Dec 9 '15 at 1:57
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1@Adam Which method are you using? The code should recognize which table you're in and do the right thing. – user2699 Dec 10 '15 at 0:24
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@usere2699 I tried to paste the code from the post you linked into my .init.el but nothing is different when I go into a file with an org-table and scroll past the header. I'm running emacs from the OS X terminal if that makes any difference. – Adam Thompson Dec 10 '15 at 6:31
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1@Adam, copying it into your init file won't do much (as you found), it has to be called when org-mode is started. I've added an example. – user2699 Dec 10 '15 at 21:48
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ah! Thank you! I see the header-line now but when I scroll down past the header of my table nothing appears in the header-line. – Adam Thompson Dec 11 '15 at 4:17
There is a package on Melpa that may be useful:
orgtbl-show-header
