I know nothing about the inner workings of ssconvert but have a lot of experience using many different spreadsheet programs and trying to move files across platforms and OSs. My guess is that it is common for the width of a column that is set to match the widest entry to be stored as a constant rather than a function. For example, I just checked Gnumeric by entering some data in a column and then setting the width to automatically fit. It worked, but then when I entered a longer string into that column the column did not auto-adjust.
The relevance to your situation is that I am guessing that the issue is not that ssconvert fails to bring in the info that this column's width is automatic; I am guessing that information is not in the source file to begin with. So this feature might require manual intervention to tell ssconvert which columns should be auto-width, and width matching code inside ssconvert.. I have never had problems with the auto-width function not working as long as I do not enter cells that are wider than expected nor try to move the file elsewhere. When moving, a commmon problem is that the two machines have different fonts installed, and the substitute font may take up more room. To handle this ssconvert would have to know what fonts are installed on the target platform. ----- Forwarded message from Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.bro...@gmail.com> ----- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 11:56:27 +0200 From: Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.bro...@gmail.com> To: gnumeric-list@gnome.org Subject: ssconvert - column spacing I've been using ssconvert a lot recently, and it really is excellent! The main problem that I've been having has been column widths. Various spreadsheet programs say they make the columns as wide as the widest entry (which would be fine), but they clearly don't. Is there a way to get ssconvert to set the column width? Either to the maximum size or to any size. I've been using MacoS Numbers and LibreOffice Calc. _______________________________________________ gnumeric-list mailing list gnumeric-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list ----- End forwarded message ----- -- -------> First-time AP Stats. teacher? Help is on the way! See http://courses.ncssm.edu/math/Stat_Inst/Stats2007/Bob%20Hayden/Relief.html _ | | Robert W. Hayden | | 5 Howard Street, Apartment 206 / | Wilton, New Hampshire 03086 USA | | | | email: bob@ the site below / x | website: http://statland.org | / '''''' _______________________________________________ gnumeric-list mailing list gnumeric-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list