Re: [Orgmode] spreadsheet: column width behavior(s)

[Samuel Wales]

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 <address@hidden> 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
>
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