From: Wols L. <ant...@yo...> - 2022-02-20 09:27:56
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On 20/02/2022 01:44, Marcelo Huerta wrote: > Wol escribió el 19/2/2022 a las 21:10: > >> I'm trying to create a simple table, the sort that one would do on a >> typewriter using tabs. How on earth do you do it! > > Forget the typewriter. We're using computers. > >> This is oh so simple with tabs or fixed width fonts - why do so many >> modern >> systems find it almost impossible! > > Because currently markup languages tend to be semantic. We're not in the > age > of punchcards where the only document type is text and we force columns > with > spaces or tabs. And, of course, trying to align text that way doesn't > make any sense if you're using variable width fonts. > > What you're showing is either a table of a series of containers. > Presentation > is best left to the renderer. You are rendering to HTML and don't like the > table borders? Write your content as a table, add :class: borderless to > your table, and that's it. > Thank you very much. What I'm *transcribing* is a document where they DID force columns with spaces and tabs :-) But yes, I was expecting to have to do something like that, I'm fine with it, I'm just completely new to all this malarkey and didn't have a clue *how* to do it. Thanks again, Wol |