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[180.150.91.8]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n27sm10312005pfq.59.2020.11.03.02.37.29 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 03 Nov 2020 02:37:30 -0800 (PST) References: <87k0v361x9.fsf@gmail.com> User-agent: mu4e 1.4.13; emacs 27.1 From: TEC To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Subject: Re: Tables: missing multi-col/row syntax Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2020 18:35:38 +0800 In-reply-to: Message-ID: <877dr2680o.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::435; envelope-from=tecosaur@gmail.com; helo=mail-pf1-x435.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. 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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Scanner: ns3122888.ip-94-23-21.eu Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=pr2nOjqY; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.71 X-TUID: u06wM5V8Rln/ David Rogers writes: > IMO this can (and definitely should) be regarded as a purely=20 > cosmetic problem, > to be resolved by purely cosmetic methods. I think the idea that=20 > each table cell > is exactly one unit of information (and can=E2=80=99t be a collection or= =20 > array of units > of information) is more important than this issue. > > In other words, I think it=E2=80=99s better to ridiculously overload=20 > fontification and > output formatting, than to sacrifice the main logic of how=20 > tables currently > work. I just don=E2=80=99t believe that it could be worth it. The appearance of the tables is purely cosmetic ... however when=20 one ends up maintaining three copies of the same table, I don't think=20 that dismissing it offhand as a "cosmetic problem" is a productive=20 approach. -- Timothy