From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Skip Collins Subject: Re: What to use for tables with lengthy text in cells? Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 11:28:03 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87oao9oplu.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c373548a841b05108d0e7e Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56281) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YTYdO-0004sB-Us for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:28:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YTYdN-0003DB-MQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:28:26 -0500 Received: from mail-lb0-x233.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::233]:43021) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YTYdN-0003Cg-Ap for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:28:25 -0500 Received: by lbvp9 with SMTP id p9so17336048lbv.10 for ; Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:28:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Org Mode --001a11c373548a841b05108d0e7e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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? --001a11c373548a841b05108d0e7e Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Here's another suggestion. There could be an optional= =C2=A0org table mode in which horizontal lines are used to separate rows:
| Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet= , =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 | foo |
| consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed= =C2=A0 =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| sit amet luctus sapien. Phasellus =C2= =A0 | =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| malesuada, ipsum et hendrerit =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 | =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| mattis, neque neque sodales risus, =C2=A0| =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 |
| hendrerit consectetur enim ipsum eu | =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
= | felis. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
|---------------= ----------------------+-----|
| Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 | bar |
| faucibus orci luctus et ultrices =C2=A0 =C2=A0| =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 |
| posuere cubilia Curae; Nulla dictum | =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| ia= culis sodales. Sed elementum =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| sem= per leo, venenatis lacinia odio =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| eleifend vitae= . Aliquam lectus =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| felis, tempor n= ec lacus ut, =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 | =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| consequat t= incidunt nisl. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 | =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
|---= ----------------------------------+-----|
| Fusce eu nunc sit amet orci = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 | baz |
| lobortis accumsan. Vivamus laoreet= =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| ante pellentesque, scelerisque =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| tellus nec, ultrices nibh. Etiam =C2=A0 =C2=A0= | =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| scelerisque lobortis erat, in =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| consectetur nisi tincidunt a. Duis =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 |
| eu est elit. Pellentesque fringilla | =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| gravi= da ligula, non convallis =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 | =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |
| ligula= viverra sollicitudin. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |<= br>
Perhaps adding the required machinery to allow in-cell paragrap= h filling would not be too difficult?
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