Hi Christopher, Org can handle variable width of characters in tables only if the width is an integer multiple of ascii characters. I do not know if fonts exist that behave like this in your case. However, for a plain text, there is no other way to fix this.
- Carsten On 17.11.2013, at 19:33, Christopher Culver <crcul...@christopherculver.com> wrote: > I started creating the little table below (comparing a few words > across Central Asian languages): > > | Tatar | Farsi | Arabic | Comment | | > |---------------------+--------+--------+---------+---| > | igtibar ‘attention’ | اعتبار | | | | > | xormat ‘respect’ | حرمة | حرمة | | | > | | | | | | > > When I press "Tab" within the second row of the table body (the one > beginning with "xormat"), the table is not automatically aligned as it > should be: note that the | divider in that row refuses to move to the > right so that it is below the | divider of the first row. It appears > that the Arabic text confuses org-mode or whatever Emacs function it > relies on here. > > Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.4) > of 2013-09-27 on trouble, modified by Debian > Package: Org-mode version 8.2.3c (8.2.3c-elpa @ > /home/crculver/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20131115/) > > current state: > ============== > (setq > org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe > org-src-native-tab-command-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe > org-babel-header-arg-expand) > org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook > org-babel-speed-command-hook) > org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) > org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) > org-log-done t > org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p > org-agenda-include-diary t > org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) > org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer > org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) > org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) > org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) > org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" > [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all > append local] 5] > #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" > [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook > org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] > org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes) > org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point > org-babel-execute-safely-maybe) > org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers > org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks > org-cycle-show-empty-lines > org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) > org-modules '(org-bbdb org-bibtex org-crypt) > org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p > org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) > org-completion-use-ido t > org-reveal-start-hook '(org-decrypt-entry) > org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) > ) > >