Re: [Orgmode] spreadsheet: column width behavior(s)

[Carsten Dominik]

On Mar 27, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Samuel Wales wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Org tables already use up horizontal space with the | syntax.  Some
> people use large fonts or small displays.
>
> Whatever solution is chosen, making it easy to make tables narrow will
> be important.

I think the new implementation (<> means fixed width N characters) does
still fulfill this request.

- Carsten

> Samuel
>
> On 2010-03-25, Michael Brand <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi Carsten, hi all
> >
> > Are there reasons to only narrow but not to widen columns?
> >
> > I would like the behavior `fixed width' like
> >
> > | year | boss                          | facility management  
> > assistant  |
> > |      | <30>                          |  
> > <30>                           |
> > |------+------------------------------- 
> > +--------------------------------|
> > | 2009 | Alice                         |  
> > Bob                            |
> >
> > but with the current implementation get
> >
> > | year | boss  | facility management assistant |
> > |      | <30>  | <30>                          |
> > |------+-------+-------------------------------|
> > | 2009 | Alice | Bob                           |
> >
> > which widens the column only if there is too less space left for  
> > the column
> > content.
> >
> > As a comparison I can imagine four variants:
> > <..40>   : `maximum width' (what <40> is today)
> > <30>     : `fixed width'
> > <20..>   : `minimum width' (no narrowing)
> > <20..40> : `width range' (minimum 20, up to 40, narrowing if even  
> > longer)
> >
> > The most commonly used spreadsheet applications offer just one single
> > variant
> > out of the above four (right?) and it is `fixed width'. My vote for
> > org-table
> > would be the same: That it should support `fixed width' and that  
> > this is
> > sufficient as the only variant. What is the opinion of other users?
> >
> > - Michael
> >
> >
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- Carsten