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On 5/30/22, Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> wrote: > some web ui support some subset of html. i think blogger does. then > you might have a div. which i think [not sure] might enforce line > breaks and also be monospace, or something like that. [pardon my html > ignorance.] > > On 5/30/22, Tim Cross <theophil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Uwe Brauer <o...@mat.ucm.es> writes: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I wanted to export a 4x4 table to ascii to insert it into a web fill in >>> interface. However the column get distorted. I tried to tabify or >>> untabify the buffer but it did not help. >>> >>> >>> The problem also occurs when I export the table using the >>> orgtbl-to-tsv >>> >>> #+begin_example >>> | Course | L | M | X >>> | >>> J | V | >>> |------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------| >>> | Statistics | 10:30-11:30 | | 10:00-11:20 >>> | >>> | 10:30-11:30 | >>> | Differential Equations | 12:30-13:30 | | 13:00-14:15 >>> | >>> | 12:30-13:30 | >>> | Master | 14:30-15:30 | | 15:30-16:30 >>> | >>> 14:30-15:30 | | >>> | Numerical Analysis :00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 >>> | >>> | 7.5 | >>> | | | | >>> | >>> 19:00-20:00 | | >>> |------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------| >>> | | | | >>> | >>> | | >>> >>> #+end_example >>> >>> >>> Converted to >>> >>> #+begin_example >>> Course L M X J V >>> Statistics 10:30-11:30 10:00-11:20 10:30-11:30 >>> Differential Equations 12:30-13:30 13:00-14:15 >>> 12:30-13:30 >>> Master 14:30-15:30 15:30-16:30 14:30-15:30 >>> Numerical Analysis 18:00-19:00 18:00-19:00 18:00-19:00 >>> 18:00-19:00 >>> 19:00-20:00 >>> #+end_example >>> >>> >>> Any idea what is wrong here? >>> >>> >> >> 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. >> >> If your entering data into a web UI, I would not have any expectations >> regarding the final formatting as that will depend heavily on what the >> backend does to the supplied input and how the data is presented to >> anyone looking at that output. >> >> > > > -- > The Kafka Pandemic > > A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: > https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com > -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com
