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From: "Galen Menzel" <galen.menzel@utexas.edu>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Bug: Org ignores column-width specifications in tables
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:07:10 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AD56A2CA-2350-4DDC-901C-540B4A240407@utexas.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y35zohxx.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>



On 28 Feb 2019, at 11:02, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:

> Hello,
>
> "Galen Menzel" <galen.menzel@utexas.edu> writes:
>
>> I’m seeing that in org 9.2.1 (from org-plus-contrib 20190225) 
>> tables
>> are not respecting column-width specifications. For example, if
>> I create the following table
>>
>> | Header 1                                         |
>> | <10>                                             |
>> | This column should be truncated to 10 characters |
>>
>> When I align it in org 9.1.9, I get the following:
>>
>> | Header 1   |
>> | <10>       |
>> | This col=> |
>
> Narrowing columns is decoupled from alignment. Use `C-c <TAB>` to 
> shrink or expand it.

Ah I missed that. Works fine as you describe — thanks!

Best,

Galen

      reply	other threads:[~2019-02-28 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-28 18:29 Bug: Org ignores column-width specifications in tables Galen Menzel
2019-02-28 18:51 ` Galen Menzel
2019-02-28 19:02 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2019-02-28 19:07   ` Galen Menzel [this message]

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