Why Pandoc includes width for multeline tables?

Why Pandoc includes width for multeline tables?

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```
Table 1

default      right      right
-------     ------     ------
row 1       1,000,000         10
rr oo ww 2     10,000  1,000,000
```

If I convert Table 1 to HTML, it will be as narrow as possible.

```
Table 2

--------------------------------------
default               right      right
-------              ------     ------
row 1 line 1         1,000,000         10
row 1 ll ii nn ee 2

row 2 line 1            10,000  1,000,000
row 2 ll ii nn ee 2
--------------------------------------
```

If I convert Table 2 to HTML, Pandoc will include its width and the width 
of each column:

```
<table style="width:54%;">
  <colgroup>
    <col style="width: 29%" />
    <col style="width: 15%" />
    <col style="width: 9%" />
  </colgroup>
  ...
</table>
```

Why is that? And how is it possible to tell Pandoc to not include widths 
when converting tables such as Table 2 to HTML?

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Re: Why Pandoc includes width for multeline tables?

[John MacFarlane]

The reason is that multiline tables will typically not
look good when formatted with one line per row.  And that's
how they'll appear in PDF-via-LaTeX unless we tell LaTeX
what column widths to use.

(Unlike browsers with HTML tables, LaTeX doesn't try to figure
this out on its own.)

Similar issues apply to other formats.  HTML is rather special
in giving you decent results even if you don't specify widths.

Can you disable it?  Yes, with a Lua filter. Just set all
the table column widths to 0.


> On Aug 31, 2022, at 6:15 AM, name name <ivan20151013-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> ```
> Table 1
> 
> default      right      right
> -------     ------     ------
> row 1       1,000,000         10
> rr oo ww 2     10,000  1,000,000
> ```
> 
> If I convert Table 1 to HTML, it will be as narrow as possible.
> 
> ```
> Table 2
> 
> --------------------------------------
> default               right      right
> -------              ------     ------
> row 1 line 1         1,000,000         10
> row 1 ll ii nn ee 2
> 
> row 2 line 1            10,000  1,000,000
> row 2 ll ii nn ee 2
> --------------------------------------
> ```
> 
> If I convert Table 2 to HTML, Pandoc will include its width and the width of each column:
> 
> ```
> <table style="width:54%;">
>   <colgroup>
>     <col style="width: 29%" />
>     <col style="width: 15%" />
>     <col style="width: 9%" />
>   </colgroup>
>   ...
> </table>
> ```
> 
> Why is that? And how is it possible to tell Pandoc to not include widths when converting tables such as Table 2 to HTML?
> 
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