tabulated-list-resize-current-column

tabulated-list-resize-current-column

[Boruch Baum]

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Attached is a proposed contribution for the package `tabulated-list.el'.

The idea is to offer to emacs users a feature long-common in GUI
tabulated list widgets - the ability to dynamically resize columns. I
only use emacs in nox, so in my selfishness (and in my ignorance of most
programming things GUI) that's all this function provides, but it's a
start for anyone wanting to extend to that environment.

An obvious follow-up idea is a companion function to change the
sequence of columns, also a long-common feature in GUI environments.

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(defun tabulated-list-resize-current-column (&optional num)
  "Change width of the current column by N columns.

This is a buffer-local change. To permanently change a column's
size, see defcustom `tabulated-list-format'."
  (interactive "N(In/De)crease size of current column by:")
  (let ((col (current-column))
        (total-column-count 0)
        (len (length tabulated-list-format))
	(idx 0) this-column-size found)
   (while (and (not found) (< idx len))
     (if (> col (setq total-column-count
                    (+ total-column-count
                       (setq this-column-size
                         (cadr (aref tabulated-list-format idx))))))
       (setq idx (1+ idx))
      (setf (cadr (aref tabulated-list-format idx)) (max 1 (+ this-column-size num)))
      (setq found t)
      (tabulated-list-init-header)
      (tabulated-list-print)
      (move-to-column col)))))