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Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org tabl
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Nicolas Goaziou |
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Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB) |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:45:15 +0100 |
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Hello,
Julius Dittmar <address@hidden> writes:
> What I think this was about: Assume, the following table is set up for
> right-aligned output (that's one of the things I don't know how to do,
> but that's fine with me):
>
> | a very long entry which enforces a long table cell |
> | a moderately long entry |
> | a short entry |
>
> Assume further that this table is to be displayed showing only 19
> characters. As I understand the original post, the outcome at the moment
> would be something like :
>
>
> | a very long entr... |
> | ... |
> | ... |
For the record, it is more like
| a very long entr…|
| …|
| …|
> What I would prefer is:
>
> | a very long entr... |
> | a moderately lon... |
> | a short entry |
So the narrowing is done field wise and not column wise. If you are in
the last cell, you cannot possibly tell the column is narrowed unless
you check other levels.
> This does not really mean cutting on both ends, at least not more than
> org already does. Org already does add or subtract leading or trailing
> whitespace as needed.
There is a misunderstanding here. One of the motivation of the current
implementation of columns narrowing is to _not change the buffer_. It
hides characters, but never removes them.
So, if you want to remove characters on the right, you need to hide them
somehow. So, I still think you would need to narrow on both sides.
I have the gut feeling this is not very practical.
I agree right-aligned -- and center-aligned -- fields are not perfect,
but I cannot think of a good design for these at the moment.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
- Re: [O] Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB, (continued)
Re: [O] Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB, Kaushal Modi, 2018/02/14
[O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB), Eric S Fraga, 2018/02/15
- Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB), Nicolas Goaziou, 2018/02/15
- Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB), Julius Dittmar, 2018/02/15
- Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB), Nicolas Goaziou, 2018/02/19
- Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB), Julius Dittmar, 2018/02/19
- Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB), Eric S Fraga, 2018/02/20
- Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB),
Nicolas Goaziou <=
- Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB), Julius Dittmar, 2018/02/21
Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB), Eric S Fraga, 2018/02/15