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30.13.3 Table Recognition
Table mode maintains special text properties in the buffer to allow
editing in a convenient fashion. When a buffer with tables is saved
to its file, these text properties are lost, so when you visit this
file again later, Emacs does not see a table, but just formatted text.
To resurrect the table text properties, issue the M-x
table-recognize command. It scans the current buffer, recognizes
valid table cells, and attaches appropriate text properties to allow
for table editing. The converse command, table-unrecognize
, is
used to remove the special text properties and convert the buffer back
to plain text.
Special commands exist to enable or disable tables within a region, enable or disable individual tables, and enable/disable individual cells. These commands are:
- M-x table-recognize-region
Recognize tables within the current region and activate them.
- M-x table-unrecognize-region
- M-x table-recognize-table
- M-x table-unrecognize-table
- M-x table-recognize-cell
- M-x table-unrecognize-cell
Deactivate the cell under point.
For another way of converting text into tables, see Conversion Between Plain Text and Tables.