wrap long text in org table

wrap long text in org table

[Jeremie Juste]

Hello,

Is there a way to wrap long text in org-table?

For instance I would like to wrap this text to 80. 



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I found some code in on emacs.stackexchange
 (https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/30837/org-tables-wrap-all-fields-in-column-to-a-given-size)
 but it works only for the first line of my example. I'll try to improve
 it and post it back on the mailing list  but if you have any
clue feel free to help :-)


(defun org-table-wrap-to-width (width)
  "Wrap current column to WIDTH."
  (interactive (list (read-number "Enter column width: ")))
  (org-table-check-inside-data-field)
  (org-table-align)

  (let (cline (ccol (org-table-current-column)) new-row-count (more t))
    (org-table-goto-line 1)
    (org-table-goto-column ccol)

    (while more
      (setq cline (org-table-current-line))

      ;; Cut current field
      (org-table-copy-region (point) (point) 'cut)

      ;; Justify for width
      (setq org-table-clip 
            (mapcar 'list (org-wrap (caar org-table-clip) width nil)))

      ;; Add new lines and fill
      (setq new-row-count (1- (length org-table-clip)))
      (if (> new-row-count 0)
          (org-table-insert-n-row-below new-row-count)) 
      (org-table-goto-line cline)
      (org-table-goto-column ccol)
      (org-table-paste-rectangle)
      (org-table-goto-line (+ cline new-row-count))

      ;; Move to next line
      (setq more (org-table-goto-line (+ cline new-row-count 1)))
      (org-table-goto-column ccol))

    (org-table-goto-line 1)
    (org-table-goto-column ccol)))

Best regards,
Jeremie