Re: Format of lists and alists required for displaying lists of tabulated data

[uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>]

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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.