From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: wrap text in table cell?
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:22:45 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTinCAU10i7vprNUUflTHc98OIllFAEYhtE8OXyt3@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4C33BB78.2060900@therogoffs.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0703226344=="
Return-path: <emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52654 helo=eggs.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OWVWS-000540-9u
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:22:49 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <jw.hendy@gmail.com>) id 1OWVWQ-00082U-NM
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:22:48 -0400
Received: from mail-vw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.212.41]:45557)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <jw.hendy@gmail.com>) id 1OWVWQ-00082B-Ir
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:22:46 -0400
Received: by vws1 with SMTP id 1so9820925vws.0
	for <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:22:45 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <4C33BB78.2060900@therogoffs.com>
List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
To: David Rogoff <david@therogoffs.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

--===============0703226344==
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016369c8e754f21e7048acce71a

--0016369c8e754f21e7048acce71a
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I was just asking about this. I'm not sure I figured out the best way, but
it seems to work for me. I am exporting my tables to LaTeX primarily so I'm
not sure if this is what you're looking for or not...

Here's the recent series of messages:
http://osdir.com/ml/emacs-orgmode-gnu/2010-07/msg00068.html

The typical LaTeX table alignment is something like l|l|l for text which
means left aligned text with vertical dividers. Instead of l you can use
p{width} to specify a fixed column width which will wrap. In org, put this
in your file and export it to LaTeX PDF

#+ATTR_LaTeX: align= |l|l|
|row 1|test of some really really long text because I want to see if it will
wrap; what in the world will happen to it?|
|row 2|test of some not so long test|

#+ATTR_LaTeX: align= |l|p{10cm}|
|row 1|test of some really really long text because I want to see if it will
wrap; what in the world will happen to it?|
|row 2|test of some not so long test|

You can play with the 10cm value to figure out what you want to do. I
essentially use trial and error. I export, check the result, and leave every
'fine' column as the l (left) alignment and then target ones with longer
text to prevent them from going off the page. If you were looking for a more
'automatic' or 'intelligent' method, I'm not sure that it exists and not
sure anyone could agree on the rules it should follow anyway (should it wrap
a particular column? Just the longest one? Just the right-most one?).

Does this help?


John

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 6:25 PM, David Rogoff <david@therogoffs.com> wrote:

> I'm still learning org mode and have a question about table mode.  Is there
> a way to wrap text in a cell?  I search the docs I could find and the
> closest thing was putting <N> in a cell which forced that column to be N
> characters wide.  That sort-or works, but isn't great.  Am I missing
> something, or can org-mode not do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
>  David
>
> _______________________________________________
> Emacs-orgmode mailing list
> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
>

--0016369c8e754f21e7048acce71a
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I was just asking about this. I&#39;m not sure I figured out the best way, =
but it seems to work for me. I am exporting my tables to LaTeX primarily so=
 I&#39;m not sure if this is what you&#39;re looking for or not...<br><br>
Here&#39;s the recent series of messages: <a href=3D"http://osdir.com/ml/em=
acs-orgmode-gnu/2010-07/msg00068.html">http://osdir.com/ml/emacs-orgmode-gn=
u/2010-07/msg00068.html</a><br><br>The typical LaTeX table alignment is som=
ething like l|l|l for text which means left aligned text with vertical divi=
ders. Instead of l you can use p{width} to specify a fixed column width whi=
ch will wrap. In org, put this in your file and export it to LaTeX PDF<br>
<br>#+ATTR_LaTeX: align=3D |l|l|<br>|row 1|test of some really really long =
text because I want to see if it will wrap; what in the world will happen t=
o it?|<br>|row 2|test of some not so long test|<br><br>#+ATTR_LaTeX: align=
=3D |l|p{10cm}|<br>

|row 1|test of some really really long text because I want to see if it=20
will wrap; what in the world will happen to it?|<br>
|row 2|test of some not so long test|<br><br>You can play with the 10cm val=
ue to figure out what you want to do. I essentially use trial and error. I =
export, check the result, and leave every &#39;fine&#39; column as the l (l=
eft) alignment and then target ones with longer text to prevent them from g=
oing off the page. If you were looking for a more &#39;automatic&#39; or &#=
39;intelligent&#39; method, I&#39;m not sure that it exists and not sure an=
yone could agree on the rules it should follow anyway (should it wrap a par=
ticular column? Just the longest one? Just the right-most one?).<br>
<br>Does this help?<br><br><br>John<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tu=
e, Jul 6, 2010 at 6:25 PM, David Rogoff <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:david@therogoffs.com">david@therogoffs.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-=
left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I&#39;m still learning org mode and have a question about table mode. =A0Is=
 there a way to wrap text in a cell? =A0I search the docs I could find and =
the closest thing was putting &lt;N&gt; in a cell which forced that column =
to be N characters wide. =A0That sort-or works, but isn&#39;t great. =A0Am =
I missing something, or can org-mode not do this?<br>

<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
=A0David<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Emacs-orgmode mailing list<br>
Please use `Reply All&#39; to send replies to the list.<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" target=3D"_blank">Emacs-orgmode@gn=
u.org</a><br>
<a href=3D"http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode" target=3D"_=
blank">http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br>

--0016369c8e754f21e7048acce71a--


--===============0703226344==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

_______________________________________________
Emacs-orgmode mailing list
Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode

--===============0703226344==--