Re: [Docutils-users] simple table without formatting

[Guenter M. <mi...@us...>]

On 2022-02-20, Wols Lists wrote:

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>>> This is oh so simple with tabs or fixed width fonts - why do so many 
>>> modern systems find it almost impossible!

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> What I'm *transcribing* is a document where they DID force columns with 
> spaces and tabs :-)

You can, of course just do it this way: write your document with fixed-width
font.

If you want this as part of a reStructuredText document (i.e. documentation
done with Sphinx or Docutils), you must use "literal blocks"::

   Here       the
   spacing    is     preserved.
   
You may also include a file "as is" with

.. include::  my-tabbed-document.txt
   :literal:
   
But I recommend using a simple table, a field-list or a description list,
IMV this looks and "behaves" better in a browser or on paper.

Günter