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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: column in table fails to align for China's characters
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:09:12 +0200
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To: Van L <van@scratch.space>
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Hello,

Van L <van@scratch.space> writes:

> Hello.
>
> Mixing characters from differing languages causes the table column to fai=
l to align.
>
> See as follows.
>
> | Term       | Pronunciation               | Definition                  =
                                                                           =
  |
> |------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------=
---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
--|
> | =E5=81=B7=E5=90=AC=E6=95=8C=E5=8F=B0=EF=BC=81 | tou1ting1di2tai2       =
     | bug implant                                                         =
                                     |
> | =E5=B7=A5=E5=86=9C=E5=85=B5=E5=AD=A6=E5=91=98 | gong1-nong2-bing1 xue2y=
uan2 | tertiary education for rubes of low socio-economic background during=
 Mao's affirmative action cultural revolution 1966 - 76 |

True. Table alignment assumes you are using a fixed-width font, which
may or may not be possible with chinese characters.

Regards,

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Nicolas Goaziou