From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jambunathan K Subject: Re: Table alignment Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:29:00 +0530 Message-ID: <81ippedq2z.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20110831054648.GA29990@panahar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40668) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyemW-0006J3-Uw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:00:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyemS-0007lQ-34 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:00:16 -0400 Received: from mail-gx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.161.169]:34136) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyemR-0007lK-W6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:00:12 -0400 Received: by gxk23 with SMTP id 23so343990gxk.0 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110831054648.GA29990@panahar> (Vikas Rawal's message of "Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:16:48 +0530") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > There is something in my .emacs that messes up table alignment in > org. Have been struggling to find it. If I remove my .emacs, table > alignment is fine. OK. Looks like you have been experiementing with different fonts. Is Liberation Sans-10 a monospaced font or a variable pitch (Is this terminology correct). Table alignment works only if all characters occupy the same width. Focus on (set-default-font ...) stuff. FWIW, This is what I use. ,---- | gdi:-raster-Courier-normal-normal-normal-mono-20-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1 (#x62) `---- Jambunathan K. --