Tables

[Jelks Cabaniss]

Fletcher T. Penney wrote:

>> You wouldn't have to "fuss". If you wanted a right aligned column,

>> just make sure each one is only one space from the right-side pipe

>> and that there are two or more spaces on the left:

>> 

>>     |  Alaska |

>>     |  California |

>>     |  Maine |

>>     |  New Mexico |



> But then the table columns would not be aligned in plain text view,

> EVEN with a monospaced font.  Which, as I noted in a previous email,

> seems like a much bigger problem than the colon.


Then just write the above as ...

      |      Alaska |
      |  California |
      |       Maine |
      |  New Mexico |

which would end up with the same output, but look as desired in a monospaced
font in plain text.


/Jelks