Thanks Ihor for your quick response. I can confirm that in org 9.7.6 the behaviour for the font "Ubuntu" is the expected one.
On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 at 08:34, Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> wrote: > Giovanni Pavolini <giovanni.pavol...@gmail.com> writes: > > > I wanted to customize my default font by `(custom-set-faces '(default > > ((t(:family "Ubuntu")))))`. Then, after `M-x org-table-create` the TAB > > started creating a cell to the left of the one it should have jumped to > > (see a video here (webmd video of the screencast): > > > https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZVXhe0Z2K8AAQBKOwQH7uE7LkNtHYGlHQTy > > ). The expected behaviour is that TAB only jumps to the next cell, > > without creating additional ones. The actual behaviour is, depending on > > the family font used, it does create an additional cell. Not every > > font causes the unexpected behaviour. > > [ Side note: we prefer text descriptions on the mailing lists. Videos, > especially uploaded to third-party servers, may disappear after > several years, leading to losing access to discussion context. Also, > not every reader can access non-text information (consider blind users) ] > > From the video the reproducer is the following: > > 1. emacs -q > 2. Create a new Org file > 3. M-x org-table-create <RET> 2x2 <RET> > 4. a TAB table TAB a TAB table > 5. Observe table filled with "a" and "table" cells > > | a | table | > |---+-------| > | a | table | > > 6. M-: (custom-set-faces '(default ((t (:family "Noto Sans CJK HK"))))) > 7. Move point to the end of buffer > 8. Repeat steps 3-4 > 9. Observe > > | a | | table | > |---+---+------| > | | a | table | > > I was able to reproduce using Org mode version shipped with Emacs 29. > I was unable to reproduce using the latest Org mode version. > > May you please try to upgrade Org mode? Does the problem disappear then? > > P.S. > Attaching the list of working/non-working fonts to keep it available for > future reference. > > > -- > Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, > Org mode contributor, > Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. > Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, > or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92> >
