ignore the 2 spaces before width in row 2 On 10/25/23, Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> wrote: > long shot but try align.el maybe? column -t or similar? > > === > > fwiw a more advanced version: cells shouodb e presumed to be in their > own columns even if missing. > > length 20 H width 20 depth 20 > length 2 width 20 depth 20 > > i mainly want to compact these column tables by reducing extraneous > whitespece beetween columns to the miimum whitespace necessary while > retaining all columns. > > an org table would be itnerestig. > > i have long wondered if org tables could be converted into a minimal > column-based ascii table such as yours, to preserve horizontal space. > > > On 10/25/23, Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4...@vodafonemail.de> wrote: >> Is there any kind of support (also by non-core extensions) for tables >> in Org that are entirely organized along buffer columns? Some magic >> (= clever heuristics) that recognizes the following as a table with >> four columns, the first three left-aligned, the last right-aligned: >> >> <6> 1.0 >> 1 one some 10.0 >> 2 two boring 100.0 >> 3 This is a long text column 1000.0 >> >> By "organized along buffer columns" I mean that basically any kind of >> white-space should be allowed to align the columns in the buffer. >> >> By "any kind of support" I mean: >> >> - one-time conversion support to an Org table along the lines of C-c | >> >> - or edit/export support of such tables w/o the need to convert them >> to an Org table first. >> >> I tried searching but failed to find search terms that are specific >> enough to find anything useful. >> >> Thanks. >> >> > > > -- > The Kafka Pandemic > > A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: > https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com >
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