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ew.gemini ew.gemini at nassur.net
Sun Jan 3 19:09:46 GMT 2021
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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 togglingpreformatted lines useing ```, what's the point then?If you really need tables, maybe large tables, who is stoppingthe author from using xml, http, csv, or whatnot, and make it adownloadable file?
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What do you think?
Don't do it.~ew
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