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. Samuel On 2010-03-25, Michael Brand <michael.br...@alumni.ethz.ch> 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
