Re: How to align all tables at once?

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> Then I look in the code by searching for variable
> `org-startup-align-all-tables', and I find this within `define-derived-mode':
>
>   (unless org-inhibit-startup
>     (org-unmodified
>      (when org-startup-with-beamer-mode (org-beamer-mode))
>      (when (or org-startup-align-all-tables org-startup-shrink-all-tables)
>        (org-table-map-tables
> 	(cond ((and org-startup-align-all-tables
> 		    org-startup-shrink-all-tables)
> 	       (lambda () (org-table-align) (org-table-shrink)))
> 	      (org-startup-align-all-tables #'org-table-align)
> 	      (t #'org-table-shrink))
> 	t))
>
> And I think such larger definitions shall rather be split into smaller
> useful functions.

You are, indeed, right. Patches welcome :)

>> Babel also auto-aligns tables in results.
>
> Would it be possible to put Org as Babel source, so that I have Org
> table inside of Babel and cause Babel to render automatically on the
> end of buffer rendering and invocation of org derived mode?

Yes.

#+begin_src org :results replace
| this | is | table |
|    1 |  2 |     3 |
| laskjdlsakjdsaldjk |    |       |
#+end_src

#+RESULTS[9f13490e4a64c55f86c49e2839d6c1b34f234a9e]:
| this               | is | table |
| 1                  |  2 |     3 |
| laskjdlsakjdsaldjk |    |       |


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