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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-org list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB)
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:44:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o9kqicys.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87po5638ea.fsf@gmail.com> (Eric S. Fraga's message of "Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:32:45 +0000")

Hello,

Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com> writes:

> For Nicolas or anybody else, I have a feature request.  Would it be
> possible to shrink columns taking into account the alignment of the
> column?  For instance, I have a right aligned column which, when shrunk
> to a given width, appears empty except for long entries.  It would be
> nice if the shrinking happened from the left in this case.

You would only see the end of the contents, which, in many situations,
is only marginally better than seeing nothing at all.

Also, this would be optimal for centered columns either.

I have the feeling that it would some trouble for little benefit.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2018-02-15 13:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-14 15:58 Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB Kaushal Modi
2018-02-14 17:50 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-02-14 17:54   ` Kaushal Modi
2018-02-14 19:19     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-02-15  9:25       ` Eric S Fraga
2018-02-15 12:05         ` Kaushal Modi
2018-02-15 12:41           ` Eric S Fraga
2018-02-14 18:58   ` Kaushal Modi
2018-02-15  9:32 ` Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB) Eric S Fraga
2018-02-15 13:44   ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2018-02-15 14:04     ` Julius Dittmar
2018-02-19  9:58       ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-02-19 11:29         ` Julius Dittmar
2018-02-20 15:16           ` Eric S Fraga
2018-02-21 11:45           ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-02-21 12:11             ` Julius Dittmar
2018-02-15 16:01     ` Eric S Fraga

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