Thank you for your response. Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
> Nick Helm <n...@tenpoint.co.nz> writes: >> >> The column is no longer right aligned. > > This is by design, so you can often edit the field without expanding the > column. I'm not sure I follow. Are you saying the ability align cell contents in a shrunk column has been purposefully removed from 9.2? If that's the case, it's a significant loss of functionality. This would mean, for instance, that it's no longer possible to format financial data with a uniform column width. >> In the last table above, continuation / truncation / shrunk cell >> characters (…) display even though the column is the full specified >> width (40 char in this case) and no cell text is truncated. I expect >> continuation to only show when text is actually truncated. > > I think this is a matter of taste. > > Of course, this is slightly more informative, but I prefer a more > visible "…" character. It might be confusing otherwise, e.g., if you > edit a narrow column, which suddenly expands because a very large column > below. The choice of continuation character is indeed personal preference, but the character's presence on non-truncated cells is not. It's misleading and ambiguous. Let me try to illustrate with another example. If you shrink this table with C-c TAB: | <5> | | one two | | one | you get the following: | <5> …| | one …| | one …| This is misleading - cell 3 contains no additional content yet the indicator says it does. It's also ambiguous - it's impossible to determine whether cell 2 or 3 contains the longer field. Compare with this, where such information is clearly conveyed: | <5> | | one …| | one | I wouldn't describe this difference as a matter of taste. This is a feature that previously existed (substitute "=>" for "…" in the table above and you have the result in 9.1). Has this been removed from 9.2 as well? Nick
