I would like invisible table in Org mode

I would like invisible table in Org mode

[Jean Louis]

I would like native Org mode within Emacs to show me invisible table.

Is that possible?

Jean Louis

Re: I would like invisible table in Org mode

[William Denton]

On Saturday, December 21st, 2024 at 11:29, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:

> I would like native Org mode within Emacs to show me invisible table.
> 
> Is that possible?

Can you explain more?  What do you mean by an invisible table?  


Cheers,

Bill

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Re: I would like invisible table in Org mode

[William Denton]

On Monday, December 23rd, 2024 at 01:45, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:

> Instead of following:
> 
> | Column | | Column |
> |-----------------------+-----------+-------------------|
> | The dog is happy | | The dog is happy |
> | I am very happy | | I am very happy |
> | The dog is very happy | | The sun is bright |
> 
> To get following:
> 
> Column Column
> 
> The dog is happy The dog is happy
> I am very happy I am very happy
> The dog is very happy The sun is bright

There's no way in native Org to do that, and I've never seen any package or customization that would do that.  I have no idea if it's possible somehow, but it's a great idea.


Bill

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Re: I would like invisible table in Org mode

[Jean Louis]

* William Denton <william@williamdenton.org> [2024-12-23 20:21]:
> On Monday, December 23rd, 2024 at 01:45, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
> 
> > Instead of following:
> > 
> > | Column | | Column |
> > |-----------------------+-----------+-------------------|
> > | The dog is happy | | The dog is happy |
> > | I am very happy | | I am very happy |
> > | The dog is very happy | | The sun is bright |
> > 
> > To get following:
> > 
> > Column Column
> > 
> > The dog is happy The dog is happy
> > I am very happy I am very happy
> > The dog is very happy The sun is bright
> 
> There's no way in native Org to do that, and I've never seen any package or customization that would do that.  I have no idea if it's possible somehow, but it's a great idea.

Thanks. 

There is that invisible face, and of Org table has face then it could
be set invisible, but I think then whole table would disappear.

You can mark text and try M-x facemenu-set-invisible

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Jean Louis

Re: I would like invisible table in Org mode

[Ihor Radchenko]

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> I would like native Org mode within Emacs to show me invisible table.
>
> Is that possible?

Yes, why not?
If we make table fontification more granular in
`org-set-font-lock-defaults' and apply a separate face to | separators
in the table lines, that face could be set to `org-hide'.

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