Uwe Brauer <o...@mat.ucm.es> writes: >>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes: > > > Hello, > > Uwe Brauer <o...@mat.ucm.es> writes: > > >> This is the patch I applied and tested? If so, I think it is a very > good > >> thing and should be in master. > > > This is the same patch, along with the complete removal of old column > > narrowing using width cookies. > > Removing, oh oops > > > I just was faced with a table which just contained 3 columns but very > many rows. In second column however was very wide, it contained titled > of journals. So 'cutting' them to half was sufficient to identify them > but allowed me to see the third column. So I say narrowing and hiding > are two useful features. I would not say one can substitute the other. > Hiding is useful if I have very many small columns but narrowing for > very wide columns. > > > So please do not remove narrowing. > > Uwe Brauer >
I would agree with that: I haven't tried the patch and column hiding, but I have used narrowing in the past, in exactly the context that Uwe describes. -- Nick
