[Docutils-users] table

[Alan G I. <ai...@am...>]

Oh, one more thing, 
since we're talking about problems ... 

You cannot simply divide up the linewidth for tables 
the way you do, since you are making the **field** 
widths add up to 100% but a table uses space for other 
things too!  (Like default spacing between fields.) 
Tables with several fields end up being far too wide. 

Turning this into a more general reST issue: please consider 
adding two possibilities.  The first::

        :widths: 0 

to indicate no imposition of field-width considerations.  
The second::

        :widths: 10

to indicate all field-width are 10% (for example) of the 
total table width (rather than having to write a width for 
each field.  Also, allow specifying the total table width.

This would be very helpful! 

Thank you, 
Alan Isaac