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From: Nick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Bug: Org 9.2.1 table issues [9.2.1 (9.2.1-dist @
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Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> Nick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz> writes:
>
>> But, the rest of the time, can't the indicator serve both purposes -
>> indicate a shrunken column and the presence of truncated cells - when it
>> is limited to places where text is hidden?
>
> I find it confusing -- you may actually miss the information that the
> current column is shrunk -- and not terribly useful. In particular, you
> can tweak the column width, and, more importantly, expand, and shrink
> again, the column quickly.

I guess we use org in quite different ways.=20

>> If I can't convince you to restore the default, would you consider
>> adding the previous behaviour as a configurable option?
>
> I'm not even convinced there's a real use-case for this behaviour that
> cannot be solved otherwise. Therefore, I don't think such a variable is
> needed.=20

That's a shame.

Could you tell me what functions govern this feature?=20