Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB)

2018-02-21 Thread Julius Dittmar
Am 21.02.2018 um 12:45 schrieb Nicolas Goaziou: > I agree right-aligned -- and center-aligned -- fields are not perfect, > but I cannot think of a good design for these at the moment. OK. I can live with that. Julius

Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB)

2018-02-21 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Julius Dittmar writes: > What I think this was about: Assume, the following table is set up for > right-aligned output (that's one of the things I don't know how to do, > but that's fine with me): > > | a very long entry which enforces a long table cell | > |a

Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB)

2018-02-20 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Monday, 19 Feb 2018 at 12:29, Julius Dittmar wrote: [...] > This does not really mean cutting on both ends, at least not more than > org already does. Org already does add or subtract leading or trailing > whitespace as needed. The change I'd love would spell something like > "first remove all

Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB)

2018-02-19 Thread Julius Dittmar
Am 19.02.2018 um 10:58 schrieb Nicolas Goaziou: > Julius Dittmar writes: >> I think what the OP really would like is something like this: remove >> leading whitespace until everything can be displayed or no more leading >> whitespace remains, then truncate at the end if necessary. That way as >> m

Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB)

2018-02-19 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Julius Dittmar writes: > I think what the OP really would like is something like this: remove > leading whitespace until everything can be displayed or no more leading > whitespace remains, then truncate at the end if necessary. That way as > much meaningful contents as possible is displa

Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB)

2018-02-15 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Thursday, 15 Feb 2018 at 14:44, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > I have the feeling that it would some trouble for little benefit. Probably! :-) Thanks for considering it in any case. -- Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50, Org release_9.1.6-118-g134243 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB)

2018-02-15 Thread Julius Dittmar
Am 15.02.2018 um 14:44 schrieb Nicolas Goaziou: > Hello, > > Eric S Fraga writes: > >> For Nicolas or anybody else, I have a feature request. Would it be >> possible to shrink columns taking into account the alignment of the >> column? For instance, I have a right aligned column which, when sh

Re: [O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB)

2018-02-15 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Eric S Fraga writes: > For Nicolas or anybody else, I have a feature request. Would it be > possible to shrink columns taking into account the alignment of the > column? For instance, I have a right aligned column which, when shrunk > to a given width, appears empty except for long entr

[O] Feature request: shrink according to alignment (was Re: Org table columns without width cookies get shrunk on TAB)

2018-02-15 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Wednesday, 14 Feb 2018 at 15:58, Kaushal Modi wrote: > #+title: Width cookies present only on columns that need to be shrunk > #+startup: shrink For Nicolas or anybody else, I have a feature request. Would it be possible to shrink columns taking into account the alignment of the column? For i