From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: rcd-box.el for box drawings and tables Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 09:39:32 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87r0yi4qly.fsf@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32894"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.7+37 (a90f69b) (2022-09-02) Cc: Akib Azmain Turja , Christopher Dimech , Help Gnu Emacs To: Heime Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 08 07:41:41 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1osIIm-0008Nf-Ue for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2022 07:41:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1osIID-0007t0-Og; Tue, 08 Nov 2022 01:41:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1osII5-0007sP-3Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2022 01:40:57 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1osIHx-0001Hp-NZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2022 01:40:53 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.239.4.212]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000081FE5.000000006369F9CE.00004AE9; Mon, 07 Nov 2022 23:40:14 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Heime , Akib Azmain Turja , Christopher Dimech , Help Gnu Emacs Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -17 X-Spam_score: -1.8 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SBL=0.141, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:140807 Archived-At: Here is my attempt to generate Unicode tables: https://hyperscope.link/7/3/9/8/1/Emacs-Lisp-rcd-box-el-package-for-table-drawings-73981.html (rcd-box-table '(("Transport to Makindye" 1 20.00) ("Mobile charges" 1 2000)) '("Description" "Quantity" "Subtotal") '("left" "center" "right")) ⇒ " ╔═══════════════════════╦═══════════════════════╦═══════════════════════╗ ║ Description ║ Quantity ║ Subtotal ║ ╠═══════════════════════╬═══════════════════════╬═══════════════════════╣ ║ Transport to Makindye ║ 1 ║ 20.0 ║ ╠═══════════════════════╬═══════════════════════╬═══════════════════════╣ ║ Mobile charges ║ 1 ║ 2000 ║ ╚═══════════════════════╩═══════════════════════╩═══════════════════════╝ " (rcd-box-table '((1 2 3))) ⇒ " ╔═══╦═══╦═══╗ ║ 1 ║ 2 ║ 3 ║ ╚═══╩═══╩═══╝ " (rcd-box-table '((1 2 3 "Hello"))) ⇒ " ╔═══════╦═══════╦═══════╦═══════╗ ║ 1 ║ 2 ║ 3 ║ Hello ║ ╚═══════╩═══════╩═══════╩═══════╝ " (rcd-box-table '((1 2 3 "Hello")) nil "center") ⇒ " ╔═══════╦═══════╦═══════╦═══════╗ ║ 1 ║ 2 ║ 3 ║ Hello ║ ╚═══════╩═══════╩═══════╩═══════╝ " (rcd-box-table '((1 2 3 "Hello")) nil '("left" "right" "right" "center")) ⇒ " ╔═══════╦═══════╦═══════╦═══════╗ ║ 1 ║ 2 ║ 3 ║ Hello ║ ╚═══════╩═══════╩═══════╩═══════╝ " Major bug is that cell width is currently calculated by the longest cell length. Later I will calculcate it by column. I also wish to add the FOOTER option that may include functions to calculate column values. (rcd-box-table '(("Good bye for now"))) ⇒ " ╔══════════════════╗ ║ Good bye for now ║ ╚══════════════════╝ " -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/