* bug#54908: Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light column color to even columns
@ 2022-04-13 12:16 Denes Kis via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-04-13 16:11 ` bug#54908: Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light Denes Kis
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From: Denes Kis via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-04-13 12:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 54908
Since columns have no separating lines, nor different colors, tables are often hard to read when the values are close to each other due to column sizes:
2m 26.0s 5m 0.0s savehist-autosave
8h 8m 12.5s 1d 0h 0m 0.0s clean-buffer-list
11h 8m 12.7s 1d 0h 0m 0.0s run-hooks
18h 28m 12.5s 1d 0h 0m 0.0s recentf-cleanup
59m 29.6s 1h 0m 0.0s url-cookie-write-file
Adding some light background color to even numbered columns could alleviate this, because then it's easier to see where a column ends and where the data of the next column begins.
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* bug#54908: Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light
2022-04-13 12:16 bug#54908: Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light column color to even columns Denes Kis via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
@ 2022-04-13 16:11 ` Denes Kis
2022-04-14 1:25 ` bug#54908: Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light column color to even columns Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Denes Kis @ 2022-04-13 16:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 54908@debbugs.gnu.org
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Attached a screenshot of an old experiment of mine which puts a 0.1 width space between columns emulating the separator line of other apps. Rows use alternating colors.
This solution can work for tabulated list mode too to separate columns better. See attachment.
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* bug#54908: Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light column color to even columns
2022-04-13 16:11 ` bug#54908: Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light Denes Kis
@ 2022-04-14 1:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-14 4:48 ` Denes Kis via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2022-04-14 1:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Denes Kis; +Cc: 54908@debbugs.gnu.org
Denes Kis <laszlomail@protonmail.com> writes:
> Attached a screenshot of an old experiment of mine which puts a 0.1
> width space between columns emulating the separator line of other
> apps. Rows use alternating colors.
Looks very nice. I was inspired to implement this for vtable (the
tabulated-list-mode alternative in Emacs 29), see
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2022/04/13/more-vtable-fun/
Implementing something like this in tabulated-list-mode would be nice,
too, but I think I'll leave that to somebody else.
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* bug#54908: Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light column color to even columns
2022-04-14 1:25 ` bug#54908: Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light column color to even columns Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2022-04-14 4:48 ` Denes Kis via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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From: Denes Kis via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-04-14 4:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: 54908@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Looks very nice. I was inspired to implement this for vtable (the
> tabulated-list-mode alternative in Emacs 29), see
Interesting. I'll give that a try too.
> Implementing something like this in tabulated-list-mode would be nice,
> too, but I think I'll leave that to somebody else.
I guess with overlays it's just a matter of adding a 0.1 width space with an after-string property to cells to make the separator lines appear properly. Assuming the table uses fixed-width fonts.
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