From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: tab/csv spreadsheet-type tabbing mode? Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:11:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1169480223.427010.304410@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1169668372.719868.171250@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1169790065 19450 80.91.229.12 (26 Jan 2007 05:41:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:41:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 26 06:40:57 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HAJpY-0007eI-KU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:40:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HAJpY-0004e7-4u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:40:56 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.umontreal.ca!news.umontreal.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:11:18 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZcDi8m79ekw6RfJvm9w3gNaWCKg= Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.27.213 Original-X-Trace: sv3-UnVNIGAl4VyB5T+YgIayks4iyXRBNqE/dUs5AOI9LHYctweF+HPG4K6HGCy8f0PSrYjuxf1mR5hjVbT!tJH/crWTGm2RxkG3uYYuClaaFInyOfbVWAJfN8CTtt2HtDC/Ahjua4UlOWuZZmKNdT5Sq2gm+4Ow!13+WBTZGJOPrihss2g== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:145060 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40663 Archived-At: > Can I safely assume that this does not exist yet? I believe so, yes. The only thing that comes to mind is csv-mode but it's not doing what you ask for. >> What I would love is a mode for a display that takes all the currently >> visible on-screen data, and sets the tabs at the irregular places that >> are warranted by the maximum length of each column on the screen (and >> presumably sets truncate-lines). oh, and tabs=field-delimiters could >> be either real tabs, or commas (that are not inside quotations), as >> they are in standard .csv files. Using `display' text properties, you it's possible to write a package that does that. >> A second-best solution would be to set field widths not based on what >> is currently visible, but based on the entire file's columns. That would be fairly easy. Stefan