From: David Rogers <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com>
To: org-mode-email <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Tables: missing multi-col/row syntax
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2020 02:08:01 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <s0eblgewy66.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k0v361x9.fsf@gmail.com> (TEC's message of "Tue, 03 Nov 2020 02:14:33 +0800")
TEC <tecosaur@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> This is a pretty major 'feature request', but I think also an
> important
> one.
>
> When developing large tables, it can often be /necessary/ to
> start using
> multi-column/row cells for clarity, and sensible exporting
> results.
IMO this can (and definitely should) be regarded as a purely
cosmetic problem, to be resolved by purely cosmetic methods.
I think the idea that each table cell is exactly one unit of
information (and can’t be a collection or array of units of
information) is more important than this issue.
In other words, I think it’s better to ridiculously overload
fontification and output formatting, than to sacrifice the main
logic of how tables currently work. I just don’t believe that it
could be worth it.
--
David Rogers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-03 10:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-02 18:14 Tables: missing multi-col/row syntax TEC
2020-11-02 19:45 ` Tom Gillespie
2020-11-02 19:46 ` TEC
2020-11-04 9:23 ` Christian Moe
2020-11-04 9:28 ` TEC
2020-11-03 10:08 ` David Rogers [this message]
2020-11-03 10:35 ` TEC
2020-11-04 2:45 ` David Rogers
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