From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dick.r.chiang@gmail.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Aligning text into neat columns Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:26:32 -0500 Message-ID: <87im6qmdaf.fsf@dick> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5937"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1.91 (gnu/linux) To: Emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 18 01:28:47 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lCXBW-0001Ru-RY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 01:28:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47042 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCXBV-0000AB-Ui for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:28:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58654) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCX9Q-0006eq-GT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:26:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qt1-x82c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::82c]:46958) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCX9O-0008T9-V4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:26:36 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-qt1-x82c.google.com with SMTP id b24so195465qtp.13 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:26:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=iJYjio15gh5QsikaI0olnx31OdRFd8TdO2lxEOzAtvo=; b=Bk1i9AtmHrFySNSja2WaCZj3ThrCGKbpCeNWct5H4VvV8iYOnrq8tp6VK6EBVADpn4 ze9wiBKCF6FEvHjoNJoJgz4H8ijy3HyE6OQF0A7avRvaU3cEyO7bh68QI20QDGnyrkA1 CMEFjAqEYF+nQ2DGr1QgJpXVhemnk9k/OQ7/d8kE6aCJceZzAB4qNKdfgCUQC8lS9TII /QPleWNWQJC2wZhSTKX39U9fBE5ysvknFL4I/q7zcYxJ5QCyfYztslsGJtVyM/qdRP3g ZOoffI/zuSURzO0fV529zWYMdegFk6aFAXHCyRlvAKqatFYGMX41ABMG2EhUG72tA8vH iYPw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :mime-version; bh=iJYjio15gh5QsikaI0olnx31OdRFd8TdO2lxEOzAtvo=; b=n8ctJC4xYEMBQbtl5/IxTds7PABxSzuhuB4DkDlIMgUYUdXFDEp3sDvvls6ttPB56I T5yCqroIt56U6vywLpiqf5QvFQc21MsYnkkMl4vzWiLrBk574ennx0/oEfQqzt8FYHc2 wBEVSbrwuB2fXLHTka1xgr/MZbOsNL0rxf2qwghhNI7uB0NUUzFX76xUlwJLvlfrAWm2 7gCWfL0ju74tTyzySFZANUH5QEeKI0MilyQ9ShpDN23NJdSsoY5b9DiS+cVFAU55ZFmY Z3u30Cr9ZZ7z/ROnGhyeYM0/sBrvSHy7IgAdstilsGnbU+cGqSWFTP250ChBRMUlza4E F2yA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531I1UCfSODXkFwawrZdiUgElDDkhJXebnTaspdp+AfofSGWVMQc AB6WdHUcYe1SID21AB6gfPtAREL+1XI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJypgTzRVIuDN9F9ls7NtjfFrtOUWEXIijBPOTBtPYyzkOFxtSB74SNl1LdIK5xjFsUAxhm7EA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:248:: with SMTP id c8mr1932533qtx.122.1613607993059; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:26:33 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from localhost (pool-71-190-212-171.nycmny.fios.verizon.net. [71.190.212.171]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k187sm2826883qkc.74.2021.02.17.16.26.32 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:26:32 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::82c; envelope-from=dick.r.chiang@gmail.com; helo=mail-qt1-x82c.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:265117 Archived-At: Seems like there ought to be facile way to take: Fred (123) 456-7890 Alice (123) 456-7890 Mary-Anne (123) 456-7890 and realigns to: Fred (123) 456-7890 Alice (123) 456-7890 Mary-Anne (123) 456-7890 Googling suggests libraries `align`, `tabulated-list`, and `table`, but none of these got the job done for me. I wrote my own, but it wasn't completely trivial (40 slocs and a lil more than an hour of fiddling).