From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
To: Tim Landscheidt <tim@tim-landscheidt.de>
Cc: Bruno Barbier <brubar.cs@gmail.com>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Format of lists and alists required for displaying lists of tabulated data
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 13:20:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <maPWbF5vUT9o5wpfEEbCstGvqqeDYzDjUScwJQsfkpaccY8V0cjWNE7tmsY8ZKynT9zj3j6HMjaQkz2F2sCjOszPTASIdipINvhOS1t9u_4=@proton.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ttv580um.fsf@vagabond.tim-landscheidt.de>
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On Sunday, June 18th, 2023 at 11:29 PM, Tim Landscheidt <tim@tim-landscheidt.de> wrote:
> uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me wrote:
>
> > > > > > The file tabulated-list.el does not describe the format of lists and alists
> > > > > > required for displaying lists of tabulated data.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Could some information be added, please ?
>
> > > > > The documentation of 'tabulated-list-mode'
> > > > > (describe-function 'tabulated-list-mode)
>
> > > > > points to the documentation of 'tabulated-list-format' and the
> > > > > documentation of 'tabulated-list-entries'.
>
> > > > > Is that what you're looking for ?
>
> > > > Yes, the description of tabulated-list-entries states that the input
> > > > if a list, each element has the form (ID [DESC1 ... DESCN]).
>
> > > > […]
>
> > > Not only that, but it also explains what ID is and what DESC
> > > can be and what effects it has. So what data have you set
> > > tabulated-list-entries to and how does it fail to do what
> > > you want?
>
> > I am trying to print a header and also some text to the buffer, and
> > not being successful.
>
> > […]
>
>
> That is not the purpose of tabulated-list-mode and will
> likely not work. tabulated-list-mode is for buffers that
> display an interactive table (and nothing else), like
> list-packages, etc.
>
> http://rgrinberg.com/posts/emacs-table-display/ has some
> code to show how it can be used without defining a derived
> mode (and how to populate tabulated-list-entries).
>
> Tim
So only a table ? Just a single table ? It should also be able to print
a header I think. Are there any other routines to print a table in a buffer.
I find the table implementation is quite limited.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-18 13:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-16 21:08 Format of lists and alists required for displaying lists of tabulated data uzibalqa
2023-06-17 7:36 ` Bruno Barbier
2023-06-17 12:33 ` uzibalqa
2023-06-17 20:54 ` Tim Landscheidt
2023-06-18 10:36 ` uzibalqa
2023-06-18 11:29 ` Tim Landscheidt
2023-06-18 13:20 ` uzibalqa [this message]
2023-06-18 13:37 ` uzibalqa
2023-06-18 13:51 ` uzibalqa
2023-06-18 15:31 ` Jean Louis
2023-06-18 19:11 ` uzibalqa
2023-06-19 18:46 ` Jean Louis
2023-06-18 19:16 ` Christopher Dimech
2023-06-19 18:49 ` Jean Louis
2023-06-19 18:59 ` uzibalqa
2023-06-21 4:48 ` Jean Louis
2023-06-21 10:45 ` uzibalqa
2023-06-24 19:19 ` Jean Louis
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