lte.el - Large Table Edition in Org and Markdown buffers

LTE provides facilities for editing large Org or Markdown table when line-wrapping is enabled (truncate-lines is nil).

Features

• Provides a minor-mode (lte-truncate-table-mode) that truncates table larger than window width
  • Only show the left part of the table (without horizontal scrolling)
  • The visible part of table remains editable in place
  • Automatically adapt truncation when window is resized or font is scaled
  • Compatible with org-indent
  • Compatible with display-line-numbers
• Provides a command (lte-edit-table) to open the table at point in an indirect buffer with line-wrapping disabled: useful to see or edit the hidden part of the table

Screenshot

Installation

Prerequisites

• Emacs 29.1 or later
• Org 9.6 or later
• edit-indirect package
• (optional) markdown-mode package

MELPA

(use-package lte
  :hook ((org-mode markdown-mode) . lte-truncate-table-mode))

Manual Installation

• Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/fredericgiquel/lte.el.git

• Add the following to your Emacs configuration:

(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/lte.el/directory")
(require 'lte)
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'lte-truncate-table-mode)
;; If markdown package is installed
(add-hook 'markdown-mode-hook #'lte-truncate-table-mode)

Customization

The option lte-indirect-buffer-disable-minor-mode-list lets you customize the minor modes that should be disabled in indirect buffer used to edit table. All modes that enables line-wrapping and are automatically enabled in Org or Markdown buffers must be added to this list.