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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: spreadsheet: column width behavior(s)
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On Mar 27, 2010, at 6:15 PM, Michael Brand wrote:

>> Yes, thinking more about it, I do agree that a fixed width makes a  
>> lot of sense as the application of <N>.  It does now work like this.
>
> Thank you for changing.  And if someone wants `maximum width' I hope  
> that it will be implemented with the syntax <..N> as a _variant_  
> _additional_ to the existing <N>.


No, I am now convinced that this is not at all needed.  Fixed is best  
and just fine.

Thanks!

- Carsten


>
> Comparison of four variants (the last two rather useless apart from  
> showing the completeness of the syntax):
> <30>     : `fixed width'   (the only variant implemented now)
> <..40>   : `maximum width' (as wide as necessary but max. 40)
> <20..>   : `minimum width' (as wide as necessary but min. 20)
> <20..40> : `width range'   (min. 20, then up to 40, narrow only if >  
> 40)

- Carsten