From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: Bug: Column width ignored ? [9.1.14 (release_9.1.14-987-g823d90
 @ /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/org/)]
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:43:53 +0200
Message-ID: <878t2yf75y.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
References: <8d9b637e-1ac4-14d2-3f51-e2815d1c18a0@laposte.net>
	<87tvlnt3tf.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
	<2dd3085e-d2d3-ff71-a33d-a7a4f9f9e551@laposte.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
Return-path: <emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47369)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>) id 1gCNlb-0002zL-NQ
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 07:44:04 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>) id 1gCNlX-0003VW-Ou
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 07:44:03 -0400
Received: from relay10.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.230]:47955)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32)
	(Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>)
	id 1gCNlX-0003OM-Gl
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 07:43:59 -0400
In-Reply-To: <2dd3085e-d2d3-ff71-a33d-a7a4f9f9e551@laposte.net> (Frederic
	Gilbert's message of "Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:52:29 +0200")
List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: "Emacs-orgmode"
	<emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
To: Frederic Gilbert <fredericgilbert@laposte.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Hello,

Frederic Gilbert <fredericgilbert@laposte.net> writes:

> To limit the width of the first column (which can be much longer than 
> the example, and push the 2 other columns beyond the frame's width), I 
> am used to use the width specification, as in:
>
>    | Title                                   |    + |   - |
>    |-----------------------------------------+------+-----|
>    | <20>                                    |      |     |
>    | Money in                                | 4000 |     |
>    | Money out 1 bla bla bla bla bla bla bla |      | 200 |
>    | Money out 2                             |      |  50 |
>    |-----------------------------------------+------+-----|
>    | *Total*                                 |      | 150 |
>
>    #+TBLFM: @>$3=vsum(@5$2..@-1$2)-vsum(@5$3..@-1$3)
>
> I ask for a 20 characters width in this example, but the problem I 
> encounter is not related to the specified number of characters.
>
> In Org 8.2.10, this worked, and, in the example above, the long line 
> would be truncated to 20 characters with the "=>" sign indicating that 
> there is some text beyond the column right border.

Use <C-c TAB> in the first column. It is a change introduced in Org 9.2.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou