GNU bug report logs - #54908
Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light column color to even columns

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From: Denes Kis <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: "54908 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <54908 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#54908: Make tabluated list tables more readable by adding some light column color to even columns
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 04:48:45 +0000

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> Looks very nice. I was inspired to implement this for vtable (the
> tabulated-list-mode alternative in Emacs 29), see

Interesting. I'll give that a try too.

> Implementing something like this in tabulated-list-mode would be nice,
> too, but I think I'll leave that to somebody else.

I guess with overlays it's just a matter of adding a 0.1 width space with  an after-string property to cells to make the separator lines appear properly. Assuming the table uses fixed-width fonts.

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