From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: export a org table to ascii format (tabs) are not conserved, culprit orgtbl-to-tsv?
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 14:14:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m27d61527g.fsf@mat.ucm.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87bkve3eeu.fsf@gmail.com
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> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
> I think you might be working under a false expectation. A quick look at
> the exported table example and it looks to be correct to me - values are
> tab separated, with is what a tsv format is. There is no requirement
> that the columns should be aligned, only that they are separated by
> tabs.
> With regards to more formatted output options, a common issue is with
> respect to the fonts people use. If the font being used to view th
> eoutput is a proportional font rather than a fixed width one, then all
> formatting will be broken. Most web interfaces tend to use proportional
> fonts due to their more pleasing look for most people. This is also why
> tables sent via email often don't look right for the recipient - they
> are using a proportional or condensed font.
> As you have no control over the fonts used by those viewing your ASCII
> content, you cannot reliably make it look well formatted. Either you
> have to do HTML, some form of markdown or some other format with
> enforces tgable alignment.
Ah, this of course is right, I did not think about it, right I checked
again, it is indeed a proportional font, so game over, sorry for the
noise.
Uwe
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-31 12:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-30 15:48 export a org table to ascii format (tabs) are not conserved, culprit orgtbl-to-tsv? Uwe Brauer
2022-05-30 16:06 ` Eric S Fraga
2022-05-30 21:10 ` Tim Cross
2022-05-31 1:14 ` Samuel Wales
2022-05-31 1:16 ` Samuel Wales
2022-05-31 12:14 ` Uwe Brauer [this message]
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