Hello, nothien at uber.space writes: > There is a new discussion about table formats under the [users] > category, but I've thought of one possibility that roughly matches the > look of tables but keeps each cell on its own line, and I wanted to see > what others think of it in a more [spec]-relevant area. Essentially, > indentation (tabs) is used to represent which column a cell is in. > Wrapping cell text is possible, so I hesitate to put it in a > preformatted block, but it's the best way to show that it's an > unfamiliar format. > >> +--------------------------------+-------+ >> | Food | Price | >> +--------------------------------+-------+ >> | Eggs | $2 | >> | Eggs and spam | $4 | >> | Eggs, spam, eggs and spam | $8 | >> | Spam spam baked beans and spam | $8 | >> | Just spam | $2 | >> +--------------------------------+-------+ > > ```table > Food > Price > Eggs > $2 > Eggs and spam > $4 > Eggs, spam, eggs and spam > $8 > Spam spam baked beans and spam > $8 > Just spam > $2 > ``` Well, I quite strongly oppose this idea. If your table like layout cannot be made with toggling preformatted lines useing ```, what's the point then? If you really need tables, maybe large tables, who is stopping the author from using xml, http, csv, or whatnot, and make it a downloadable file? >snip< > > What do you think? Don't do it. ~ew -- Keep it simple! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 861 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20210103/a647 3247/attachment.sig>
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