Re: [Docutils-users] empty cell in simple table

[Ben F. <big...@be...>]

Alan G Isaac <ai...@am...> writes:

> I am wondering why empty cells cannot be produced in 
> a simple table, like the following.  It seems both
> unambiguous and expected ...

Docutils uses text elements at the left column of the table to
determine which lines correspond to table rows. Any line where the
leftmost cell contains no text is taken to be a continuation of the
row from the previous line.

You can generate a leftmost cell with content that will not be
displayed by putting a comment element in that cell. ".." at the left
of the column should suffice.

Empty cells in columns other than the first can be created simply by
having that part of the table markup empty, so long as there is some
content in the leftmost cell to indicate that it is a separate row.

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Ben Finney <be...@be...>