From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Fineman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Pascals Triangle Date: 05 Aug 2003 17:52:42 -0400 Organization: The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1060122672 20291 80.91.224.253 (5 Aug 2003 22:31:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:31:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 06 00:31:32 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19kAKs-00011h-00 for ; Wed, 06 Aug 2003 00:31:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19k9rI-0007dY-MB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 18:00:44 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp0b156.std.com Original-X-Trace: pcls3.std.com 1060120355 31822 208.192.101.156 (5 Aug 2003 21:52:35 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:52:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:115694 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11612 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11612 googleartist@yahoo.com (Artist) writes: > Which mode or arrangment would allow in emacs to draw a structure > like pascal's triangle. (Not the pascal's triangle itself). I would be inclined to use tabs in ordinary text mode: 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 6 4 1 etc., and then write something, probably in Elisp, that would massage the spacing to make the columns narrower & centered. -- --- Joe Fineman jcf@TheWorld.com ||: Perhaps even this you will someday remember with pleasure. :||