From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: spreadsheet: column width behavior(s) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:40:43 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4BABBF44.5020803@alumni.ethz.ch> <20524da71003271105n232378fdqd4dc449e01e626c6@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NvrnO-0001Eq-99 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:40:50 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59515 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NvrnM-0001Df-3l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:40:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NvrnK-0004K4-Bs for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:40:48 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f223.google.com ([209.85.219.223]:61811) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NvrnK-0004Jo-7L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:40:46 -0400 Received: by ewy23 with SMTP id 23so2001101ewy.14 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:40:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20524da71003271105n232378fdqd4dc449e01e626c6@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Samuel Wales Cc: Michael Brand , Org Mode On Mar 27, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Samuel Wales wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Org tables already use up horizontal space with the | syntax. Some > people use large fonts or small displays. > > Whatever solution is chosen, making it easy to make tables narrow will > be important. I think the new implementation (<> means fixed width N characters) does still fulfill this request. - Carsten > > Samuel > > On 2010-03-25, Michael Brand wrote: >> Hi Carsten, hi all >> >> Are there reasons to only narrow but not to widen columns? >> >> I would like the behavior `fixed width' like >> >> | year | boss | facility management >> assistant | >> | | <30> | >> <30> | >> |------+------------------------------- >> +--------------------------------| >> | 2009 | Alice | >> Bob | >> >> but with the current implementation get >> >> | year | boss | facility management assistant | >> | | <30> | <30> | >> |------+-------+-------------------------------| >> | 2009 | Alice | Bob | >> >> which widens the column only if there is too less space left for >> the column >> content. >> >> As a comparison I can imagine four variants: >> <..40> : `maximum width' (what <40> is today) >> <30> : `fixed width' >> <20..> : `minimum width' (no narrowing) >> <20..40> : `width range' (minimum 20, up to 40, narrowing if even >> longer) >> >> The most commonly used spreadsheet applications offer just one single >> variant >> out of the above four (right?) and it is `fixed width'. My vote for >> org-table >> would be the same: That it should support `fixed width' and that >> this is >> sufficient as the only variant. What is the opinion of other users? >> >> - Michael >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> > > > -- > Q: How many CDC "scientists" does it take to change a lightbulb? > A: "You only think it's dark." [CDC has denied a deadly disease for > 25 years] > ========== > Retrovirus: http://www.wpinstitute.org/xmrv/index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode - Carsten