Support for buffer-column-aligned tables in Org?

Support for buffer-column-aligned tables in Org?

[Jens Schmidt]

Is there any kind of support (also by non-core extensions) for tables
in Org that are entirely organized along buffer columns?  Some magic
(= clever heuristics) that recognizes the following as a table with
four columns, the first three left-aligned, the last right-aligned:

        <6>                             1.0
     1  one                  some      10.0
     2  two                  boring   100.0
     3  This is a long text  column  1000.0

By "organized along buffer columns" I mean that basically any kind of
white-space should be allowed to align the columns in the buffer.

By "any kind of support" I mean:

- one-time conversion support to an Org table along the lines of C-c |

- or edit/export support of such tables w/o the need to convert them
  to an Org table first.

I tried searching but failed to find search terms that are specific
enough to find anything useful.

Thanks.

Re: Support for buffer-column-aligned tables in Org?

[Samuel Wales]

long shot but try align.el maybe?  column -t or similar?

===

fwiw a more advanced version: cells shouodb e presumed to be in their
own columns even if missing.

length  20  H  width  20  depth  20
length  2        width  20  depth  20

i mainly want to compact these column tables by reducing extraneous
whitespece beetween columns to the miimum whitespace necessary while
retaining all columns.

an org table would be itnerestig.

i have long wondered if org tables could be converted into a minimal
column-based ascii table such as yours, to preserve horizontal space.


On 10/25/23, Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4gnu@vodafonemail.de> wrote:
> Is there any kind of support (also by non-core extensions) for tables
> in Org that are entirely organized along buffer columns?  Some magic
> (= clever heuristics) that recognizes the following as a table with
> four columns, the first three left-aligned, the last right-aligned:
>
>         <6>                             1.0
>      1  one                  some      10.0
>      2  two                  boring   100.0
>      3  This is a long text  column  1000.0
>
> By "organized along buffer columns" I mean that basically any kind of
> white-space should be allowed to align the columns in the buffer.
>
> By "any kind of support" I mean:
>
> - one-time conversion support to an Org table along the lines of C-c |
>
> - or edit/export support of such tables w/o the need to convert them
>   to an Org table first.
>
> I tried searching but failed to find search terms that are specific
> enough to find anything useful.
>
> Thanks.
>
>


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Re: Support for buffer-column-aligned tables in Org?

[Samuel Wales]

ignore the 2 spaces before width in row 2

On 10/25/23, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
> long shot but try align.el maybe?  column -t or similar?
>
> ===
>
> fwiw a more advanced version: cells shouodb e presumed to be in their
> own columns even if missing.
>
> length  20  H  width  20  depth  20
> length  2        width  20  depth  20
>
> i mainly want to compact these column tables by reducing extraneous
> whitespece beetween columns to the miimum whitespace necessary while
> retaining all columns.
>
> an org table would be itnerestig.
>
> i have long wondered if org tables could be converted into a minimal
> column-based ascii table such as yours, to preserve horizontal space.
>
>
> On 10/25/23, Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4gnu@vodafonemail.de> wrote:
>> Is there any kind of support (also by non-core extensions) for tables
>> in Org that are entirely organized along buffer columns?  Some magic
>> (= clever heuristics) that recognizes the following as a table with
>> four columns, the first three left-aligned, the last right-aligned:
>>
>>         <6>                             1.0
>>      1  one                  some      10.0
>>      2  two                  boring   100.0
>>      3  This is a long text  column  1000.0
>>
>> By "organized along buffer columns" I mean that basically any kind of
>> white-space should be allowed to align the columns in the buffer.
>>
>> By "any kind of support" I mean:
>>
>> - one-time conversion support to an Org table along the lines of C-c |
>>
>> - or edit/export support of such tables w/o the need to convert them
>>   to an Org table first.
>>
>> I tried searching but failed to find search terms that are specific
>> enough to find anything useful.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>
>
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> The Kafka Pandemic
>
> A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy:
> https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com
>


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