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26.0.50; org-table-align doesn't work with different face sizes in row

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Message #20 received at 25487-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: Ryan McCarl <ryan.mccarl <at> wordbrewery.com>, 25487-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25487: 26.0.50; org-table-align doesn't work with different
 face sizes in row
Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 14:01:30 +0200

Hi Ryan and Nicolas,

Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> Ryan McCarl <ryan.mccarl <at> wordbrewery.com> writes:
>
>> (1) Define the faces org-table and org-link with a fixed-width font
>> (Inconsolata in
>> my case) so table alignment should normally work.
>> (2) Define the scale of the org-link face to 0.9 and the scale of the
>> org-table face to 1.0.
>> (3) Embed a link among other text in the table row.
>
> Table alignment assumes fixed width characters. Changing the scale of
> the face defeats this assumption. I think this should be marked as
> WONTFIX.

Agreed.  I'm closing this bug now.

-- 
 Bastien

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