bug#41860: [External] : Re: bug#41860: 27.0.91; Can't use `tabulated-list-(narrow|widen)-current-column'

[Drew Adams]

> And reading this bug report, I don't see any use case for not having the
> final column be infinitely wide, so I'm closing this bug report.

You don't see them.  Yet specific use cases were
presented:

1. >> a frame or window whose width is made to fit
   >> the displayed content.
and
   >> if you have a feature that automatically
   >> fits windows or frames to buffer content

   sk> Thanks, in such a situation I can see why
   sk> having it extend infinitely can be annoying.
   sk> That use-case is quite different from mine.

2.
   I gave an example, and a recipe for it, using
   buffer-menu.  If you want to show the file-name
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   column with only a limited width, then that
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   should be possible.  Especially now that we've
   added the ability to interactively widen and
   narrow column incrementally.

   In the buffer list, if you have 10 buffers, and
   only two of them are file buffers, and you don't
   care to see the entire file names but instead
   want to limit the width of that last column, you
   should be able to do so.  Instead, it takes up
   most of the table, even when you don't need to
   see all of it.  You should be able to expand and
   contract its width, just as you can for other
   columns.