From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Elisp Reference Manual on inserting tables Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2022 10:12:10 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87r0yi4qly.fsf@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20520"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Akib Azmain Turja , Christopher Dimech , Help Gnu Emacs To: Jean Louis Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 06 11:13:03 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1orceF-00058C-6V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 06 Nov 2022 11:13:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1orcdb-0000YL-FD; Sun, 06 Nov 2022 05:12:23 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1orcdZ-0000YB-Se for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Nov 2022 05:12:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-4319.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.19]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1orcdX-0004va-Ix for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Nov 2022 05:12:21 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1667729537; x=1667988737; bh=ED86SkErbwTFIM++Gz+5w2M8m5JrsnxdLd+BdYzuE+k=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=Xn5OgCHsouUrii+Pvt3CC5dZTUu4dWlcPmW1FslyaSZENB95Ib72+SOOIMsRH6pr0 k2RPhm/aYiFhKLBL9IYl/AgEnEnbYNI62hvWR7LaqNL68K3A0H25ZIsT0cgj2aslU6 Flx9BAOmgdjpJLcG0nt61rLUF60HYOzrB7VzmUqB1jNpbhh+jD7ZLW3SKwL+OrWuKL LRYOG72RuBSEQ1SECHMDn5aCNuxEPeYFES7qUx/rpwDSgXeJSVoLB7YZ6qYgBl/YM5 PlpIj3HOG+ki7LjDxRQ1Z7OoQP6XBsLxz28KaB1smO/ucE6xVP1x20RjExMdLh9I+D B964JZO1VUMGw== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.19; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4319.protonmail.ch 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_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:140714 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, November 6th, 2022 at 9:48 AM, Jean Louis wro= te: > * Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com [2022-11-06 11:32]: >=20 > > > When thinking of any table, I like to think of data and then the > > > visual table becomes the representation of it. > > >=20 > > > "Inserting table" means "representing data in a table". > > >=20 > > > Something I do every day. > >=20 > > Right. But there does not seem to be a let of support or tutorial about > > how to make them in any type of buffer. >=20 >=20 > Because those are higher level functions and packages. Maybe it exists > somewhere among existing Emacs packages. >=20 > You can't expect anything you wish to be built in, that is why you > will create functions which you need. >=20 > I find alignment a difficult problem, that is why using Org table and > automatica alignment, and then export to Unicode or similar, will make > nice tables for purpose of presentation. Right. Making the alignment is the big problem. I like making the structu= re first, and them have the necessary functionality to make the table, but without requiring any specific mode. =20