GNU bug report logs - #26701
25.1; table-fixed-width-mode broken

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Forrest Sedgwick <fgsedgwick <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:34:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed

Found in versions 25.1, 24.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 26701 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Forrest Sedgwick <fgsedgwick <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#26701: 25.1; table-fixed-width-mode broken
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:53:11 -0400

On Wed 09 Oct 2019 at 09:58, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:

> Forrest Sedgwick <fgsedgwick <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 1. emacs -Q
>> 2. M-x insert-table in the scratch buffer, accept defaults
>> 3. M-x table-fixed-width-mode
>> 4. Type a word longer than column width, table automatically expands
>> instead of breaking word.
>
> (I'm going through old Emacs bug reports that unfortunately got no
> response at the time.)
>
> I tried reproducing this, but I apparently have no such command as
> `M-x insert-table'.  What does it do?

I think it's M-x table-insert now. I can reproduce this bug, FWIW.
Weirdly, too, the text takes a bit to appear although the cursor moves
forward.

Alex
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