Re: [Docutils-users] Re: right aligned cell contents in a reST table converted to HTML

[David G. <go...@py...>]

[Felix Wiemann]
 > With some more logic, it would be possible for grid tables too,
 > wouldn't it?

I don't think so.  Grid tables are ambiguous that way.  When
writing/drawing a grid table, I invariably include a left & right
margin in each table cell.  The spec specifically allows for such
margins, and the parser handles them transparently.  How is the text
in this cell aligned?

+------+
| word |
+------+

It's not centered!

[David Goodger]
 >> This wouldn't make sense for anything but single one-line
 >> paragraphs per cell.
 >
 > With "make sense", you mean "useful" or "syntactically possible"?

"Possible".  Counter-examples:

=====  =======================
row 1   if we try to make this
              right-aligned, it
           ends up looking like
               definition lists
             or bad indentation
-----  -----------------------
row 2     here's one paragraph

                 here's another

        the indentation above
        implies block quotes,
        not right alignment
=====  =======================

 >>> There has been a thread about adding classes for table rows and
 >>> columns, which would allow easier customization via CSS.  See
 >>> <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.text.docutils.devel/1825>.
 >>
 >> Yes, that idea is workable too.
 >
 > By far not as straightforward and easy, because it requires CSS
 > tweaking.

It's a different use case, but a valid one.

-- 
David Goodger <http://python.net/~goodger>