Re: simple table without formatting

On 20/02/2022 01:44, Marcelo Huerta wrote:
> Wol escribió el 19/2/2022 a las 21:10:
> 
>> I'm trying to create a simple table, the sort that one would do on a 
>> typewriter using tabs. How on earth do you do it!
> 
> Forget the typewriter. We're using computers.
> 
>> This is oh so simple with tabs or fixed width fonts - why do so many 
>> modern
>> systems find it almost impossible!
> 
> Because currently markup languages tend to be semantic. We're not in the 
> age
> of punchcards where the only document type is text and we force columns 
> with
> spaces or tabs. And, of course, trying to align text that way doesn't 
> make any sense if you're using variable width fonts.
> 
> What you're showing is either a table of a series of containers. 
> Presentation
> is best left to the renderer. You are rendering to HTML and don't like the
> table borders? Write your content as a table, add :class: borderless to 
> your table, and that's it.
> 
Thank you very much.

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

But yes, I was expecting to have to do something like that, I'm fine 
with it, I'm just completely new to all this malarkey and didn't have a 
clue *how* to do it.

Thanks again,
Wol


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