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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: Bug: Org 9.3 table columnwidth directive not working [9.3
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Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:39:12 +0100
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To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com>
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Hello,

Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com> writes:

> This is still a regression.
>
> The old behaviour allowed display of fixed width columns, even if that
> is wider than the content of cells in that column. This is useful for
> display of several related tables with aligned column dividers.
>
> How do I get the old behaviour back, rather than the new breakage ?

I will try to ignore the sarcasm, or whatever you may call it, from your
answer.

AFAICT, you still can have cells wider than their contents, e.g., try
`C-c TAB` on the table below.

    | <30> |
    | foo  |

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou