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From: torys.anderson@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson)
Subject: Re: What to use for tables with lengthy text in cells?
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:56:50 -0500
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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 <skip.collins@gmail.com> 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?