Question about pipe table column width explanation in manual

Question about pipe table column width explanation in manual

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Regarding pipe tables, the pandoc manual reads as follows:

If any line of the markdown source is longer than the column width (see
–columns), then the table will take up the full text width and the cell
contents will wrap (…)

The wording on this is quite unclear:

   - What is meant by “any line of the markdown source”? Does that include
   lines which are not part of the table itself?
   - What is meant by “the full text width”? Is it the width in the
   markdown source or the rendered version? Why should this have an impact on
   the table width?

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Re: Question about pipe table column width explanation in manual

[John MacFarlane]

> On Jul 15, 2022, at 12:16 PM, A A <amine.aboufirass-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> Regarding pipe tables, the pandoc manual reads as follows:
> 
> If any line of the markdown source is longer than the column width (see –columns), then the table will take up the full text width and the cell contents will wrap (…)
> 
> The wording on this is quite unclear:
> 
> 	• What is meant by “any line of the markdown source”? Does that include lines which are not part of the table itself?


The source of the table is meant. If this confused you, feel free to submit a PR inserting "table's" before "markdown source."

> 	• What is meant by “the full text width”? Is it the width in the markdown source or the rendered version? Why should this have an impact on the table width?

The rendered version.  Table cells in the pandoc AST have widths which are represented as a fraction of the (rendered) text width.


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