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@cindex narrow columns in tables
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@cindex alignment in tables
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The width of columns is automatically determined by the table editor. And
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also the alignment of a column is determined automatically from the fraction
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of number-like versus non-number fields in the column.
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The width of columns is automatically determined by the table editor. The
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alignment of a column is determined automatically from the fraction of
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number-like versus non-number fields in the column.
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Sometimes a single field or a few fields need to carry more text, leading to
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inconveniently wide columns. Or maybe you want to make a table with several
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columns having a fixed width, regardless of content. To set the width of
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a column, one field anywhere in the column may contain just the string
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@samp{<N>} where @samp{N} is an integer specifying the width of the column in
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characters. The next re-align will then set the width of this column to this
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value.
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@vindex org-table-automatic-realign
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Editing a field may modify alignment of the table. Moving a contiguous row
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or column---i.e., using @kbd{TAB} or @kbd{RET}---automatically re-aligns it.
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If you want to disable this behavior, set @code{org-table-automatic-realign}
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to @code{nil}. In any case, you can always align manually a table:
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@example
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@group
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|---+------------------------------| |---+--------|
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| | | | | <6> |
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| 1 | one | | 1 | one |
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| 2 | two | ----\ | 2 | two |
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| 3 | This is a long chunk of text | ----/ | 3 | This=> |
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| 4 | four | | 4 | four |
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|---+------------------------------| |---+--------|
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@end group
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@end example
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@noindent
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Fields that are wider become clipped and end in the string @samp{=>}.
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Note that the full text is still in the buffer but is hidden.
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To see the full text, hold the mouse over the field---a tool-tip window
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will show the full content. To edit such a field, use the command
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@kbd{C-c `} (that is @kbd{C-c} followed by the grave accent). This will
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open a new window with the full field. Edit it and finish with @kbd{C-c
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C-c}.
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@table @asis
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@orgcmd{C-c C-c,org-table-align}
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Align the current table.
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@end table
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@vindex org-startup-align-all-tables
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When visiting a file containing a table with narrowed columns, the
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necessary character hiding has not yet happened, and the table needs to
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be aligned before it looks nice. Setting the option
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@code{org-startup-align-all-tables} will realign all tables in a file
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upon visiting, but also slow down startup. You can also set this option
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on a per-file basis with:
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@noindent
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Setting the option @code{org-startup-align-all-tables} re-aligns all tables
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in a file upon visiting it. You can also set this option on a per-file basis
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with:
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@example
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#+STARTUP: align
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#+STARTUP: noalign
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@end example
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Sometimes a single field or a few fields need to carry more text, leading to
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inconveniently wide columns. Maybe you want to hide away several columns or
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display them with a fixed width, regardless of content, as shown in the
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following example.
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@example
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@group
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|---+---------------------+--------| |---+-------@dots{}|@dots{}|
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| | <6> | | | | <6> @dots{}|@dots{}|
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| 1 | one | some | ----\ | 1 | one @dots{}|@dots{}|
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| 2 | two | boring | ----/ | 2 | two @dots{}|@dots{}|
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| 3 | This is a long text | column | | 3 | This i@dots{}|@dots{}|
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|---+---------------------+--------| |---+-------@dots{}|@dots{}|
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@end group
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@end example
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To set the width of a column, one field anywhere in the column may contain
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just the string @samp{<N>} where @samp{N} specifies the width as a number of
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characters. You control displayed width of columns with the following tools:
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@table @asis
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@orgcmd{C-c @key{TAB},org-table-toggle-column-width}
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Shrink or expand current column.
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If a width cookie specifies a width W for the column, shrinking it displays
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the first W visible characters only. Otherwise, the column is shrunk to
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a single character.
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When called before the first column or after the last one, ask for a list of
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column ranges to operate on.
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@orgcmd{C-u C-c @key{TAB},org-table-shrink}
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Shrink all columns with a column width. Expand the others.
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@orgcmd{C-u C-u C-c @key{TAB},org-table-expand}
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Expand all columns.
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@end table
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To see the full text of a shrunk field, hold the mouse over it---a tool-tip
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window then shows the full content. For convenience, any change to a shrunk
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column expands it.
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@vindex org-startup-shrink-all-tables
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Setting the option @code{org-startup-shrink-all-tables} shrinks all columns
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containing a width cookie in a file the moment it is visited. You can also
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set this option on a per-file basis with:
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@example
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#+STARTUP: shrink
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@end example
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If you would like to overrule the automatic alignment of number-rich columns
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to the right and of string-rich columns to the left, you can use @samp{<r>},
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@samp{<c>}@footnote{Centering does not work inside Emacs, but it does have an
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effect when exporting to HTML.} or @samp{<l>} in a similar fashion. You may
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also combine alignment and field width like this: @samp{<r10>}.
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Lines which only contain these formatting cookies will be removed
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automatically when exporting the document.
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Lines which only contain these formatting cookies are removed automatically
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upon exporting the document.
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@node Column groups
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@section Column groups
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etc/ORG-NEWS
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etc/ORG-NEWS
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ORG NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -*- mode: org; coding: utf-8 -*-
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#+STARTUP: overview
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#+LINK: doc http://orgmode.org/worg/doc.html#%s
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#+LINK: git http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=%s
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@ -9,6 +11,20 @@ See the end of the file for license conditions.
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Please send Org bug reports to mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org.
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* Version 9.2
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** Incompatible changes
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*** =align= STARTUP value no longer narrow table columns
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Columns narrowing (or shrinking) is now dynamic. See [[*Dynamically
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narrow table columns]] for details. In particular, it is decoupled from
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aligning.
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If you need to automatically shrink columns upon opening an Org
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document, use =shrink= value instead, or in addition to align:
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#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
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,#+STARTUP: align shrink
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#+END_EXAMPLE
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** New features
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*** ~org-archive~ functions update status cookies
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@ -28,6 +44,20 @@ Will update the status cookie in the top level header.
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The ~org-agenda-overriding-header~ inserted into agenda views can now
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be disabled by setting it to an empty string.
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*** Dynamically narrow table columns
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With ~C-c TAB~, it is now possible to narrow a column to the width
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specified by a width cookie in the column, or to 1 character if there
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is no such cookie. The same keybinding expands a narrowed column to
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its previous state.
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Editing the column automatically expands the whole column to its full
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size.
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#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
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,#+STARTUP: shrink
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#+END_EXAMPLE
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* Version 9.1
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** Incompatible changes
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