Yes, it would be incompatible. But there could be a mechanism to enable the multi-line mode on a per-table basis. For display and grouping purposes, horizontal lines could still be allowed by adding two consecutive lines: |-------------------------------------+-----| |-------------------------------------+-----| Or another character could be used for the line separator: |=====================================+=====| 2015-03-05 11:56 GMT-05:00 Tory S. Anderson : > > Not a bad idea, but this would be incompatible with the existing useof horizontal lines to separate sections and export to visual lines, right? > > Skip Collins writes: > > > Here's another suggestion. There could be an optional org table mode > > in which horizontal lines are used to separate rows: > > > > | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | foo | > > | consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed | | > > | sit amet luctus sapien. Phasellus | | > > | malesuada, ipsum et hendrerit | | > > | mattis, neque neque sodales risus, | | > > | hendrerit consectetur enim ipsum eu | | > > | felis. | | > > |-------------------------------------+-----| > > | Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in | bar | > > | faucibus orci luctus et ultrices | | > > | posuere cubilia Curae; Nulla dictum | | > > | iaculis sodales. Sed elementum | | > > | semper leo, venenatis lacinia odio | | > > | eleifend vitae. Aliquam lectus | | > > | felis, tempor nec lacus ut, | | > > | consequat tincidunt nisl. | | > > |-------------------------------------+-----| > > | Fusce eu nunc sit amet orci | baz | > > | lobortis accumsan. Vivamus laoreet | | > > | ante pellentesque, scelerisque | | > > | tellus nec, ultrices nibh. Etiam | | > > | scelerisque lobortis erat, in | | > > | consectetur nisi tincidunt a. Duis | | > > | eu est elit. Pellentesque fringilla | | > > | gravida ligula, non convallis | | > > | ligula viverra sollicitudin. | | > > > > Perhaps adding the required machinery to allow in-cell paragraph > > filling would not be too difficult?