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Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.em
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Nick Helm |
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Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)] |
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Sat, 16 Feb 2019 08:48:53 +0000 |
Thank you for your response.
Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> writes:
> Nick Helm <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> The column is no longer right aligned.
>
> This is by design, so you can often edit the field without expanding the
> column.
I'm not sure I follow. Are you saying the ability align cell contents in
a shrunk column has been purposefully removed from 9.2?
If that's the case, it's a significant loss of functionality. This would
mean, for instance, that it's no longer possible to format financial
data with a uniform column width.
>> In the last table above, continuation / truncation / shrunk cell
>> characters (…) display even though the column is the full specified
>> width (40 char in this case) and no cell text is truncated. I expect
>> continuation to only show when text is actually truncated.
>
> I think this is a matter of taste.
>
> Of course, this is slightly more informative, but I prefer a more
> visible "…" character. It might be confusing otherwise, e.g., if you
> edit a narrow column, which suddenly expands because a very large column
> below.
The choice of continuation character is indeed personal preference, but
the character's presence on non-truncated cells is not. It's misleading
and ambiguous.
Let me try to illustrate with another example. If you shrink this table
with C-c TAB:
| <5> |
| one two |
| one |
you get the following:
| <5> …|
| one …|
| one …|
This is misleading - cell 3 contains no additional content yet the
indicator says it does. It's also ambiguous - it's impossible to
determine whether cell 2 or 3 contains the longer field.
Compare with this, where such information is clearly conveyed:
| <5> |
| one …|
| one |
I wouldn't describe this difference as a matter of taste. This is a
feature that previously existed (substitute "=>" for "…" in the table
above and you have the result in 9.1). Has this been removed from 9.2 as
well?
Nick
- [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Nick Helm, 2019/02/14
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Nicolas Goaziou, 2019/02/15
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)],
Nick Helm <=
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Nicolas Goaziou, 2019/02/17
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Nick Helm, 2019/02/18
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Nicolas Goaziou, 2019/02/18
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Nick Helm, 2019/02/18
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Nicolas Goaziou, 2019/02/18
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Nick Helm, 2019/02/18
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Eric S Fraga, 2019/02/19
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Nick Helm, 2019/02/19
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Nick Helm, 2019/02/21
- Re: [O] Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org-9.2.1/)], Eric S Fraga, 2019/02/26