Re: tab/csv spreadsheet-type tabbing mode?

[ivowel@gmail.com]

Can I safely assume that this does not exist yet?

On Jan 22, 10:37 am, ivo...@gmail.com wrote:
> dear emacs experts:  I often have to look at files that come from
> spreadsheets.  (No, I do not need emacs to become a spreadsheet; I did
> look at these solutions.)
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Having such a mode would make editing such data a lot simpler for me.
> Does it exist somewhere?
> 
> pointers appreciated.
> 
> /iaw