Re: rcd-box.el for box drawings and tables

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

I examined the first table and the border character in all cases was
spoken as a ? in the screen reader I use.  Easy enough to understand.



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On Tue, 8 Nov 2022, Heime wrote:

>
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 at 6:39 AM, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
>
>
> > Here is my attempt to generate Unicode tables:
> > https://hyperscope.link/7/3/9/8/1/Emacs-Lisp-rcd-box-el-package-for-table-drawings-73981.html
> >
> > (rcd-box-table '(("Transport to Makindye" 1 20.00)
> > ("Mobile charges" 1 2000))
> > '("Description" "Quantity" "Subtotal")
> > '("left" "center" "right")) ? "
> > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
> > ? Description ? Quantity ? Subtotal ?
> > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
> > ? Transport to Makindye ? 1 ? 20.0 ?
> > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
> > ? Mobile charges ? 1 ? 2000 ?
> > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
> >
> > "
> >
> > (rcd-box-table '((1 2 3))) ? "
> > ?????????????
> > ? 1 ? 2 ? 3 ?
> > ?????????????
> >
> > "
> >
> > (rcd-box-table '((1 2 3 "Hello"))) ? "
> > ?????????????????????????????????
> > ? 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? Hello ?
> > ?????????????????????????????????
> >
> > "
> >
> > (rcd-box-table '((1 2 3 "Hello")) nil "center") ? "
> > ?????????????????????????????????
> > ? 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? Hello ?
> > ?????????????????????????????????
> >
> > "
> >
> >
> > (rcd-box-table '((1 2 3 "Hello")) nil '("left" "right" "right" "center")) ? "
> > ?????????????????????????????????
> > ? 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? Hello ?
> > ?????????????????????????????????
> >
> > "
> >
> > Major bug is that cell width is currently calculated by the
> > longest cell length. Later I will calculcate it by column.
> >
> > I also wish to add the FOOTER option that may include functions
> > to calculate column values.
> >
> > (rcd-box-table '(("Good bye for now"))) ? "
> > ????????????????????
> > ? Good bye for now ?
> > ????????????????????
> >
> > "
>
> You should consider the possibility when someone does not want a separator between rows.
> For instance I did like the idea of introducing a separator with "|--\n")
>
>