[users] Tables in Gemtext

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On Sat, Jan 02, 2021 at 03:04:21AM +0000, Ki?d Llaentenn wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just recently I was creating a Gemini mirror of an HTTP site, and came
> across several pages that made heavy use of tables. I did what I suspect
> most Gemini publishers/content authors do: use ASCII tables, like so:

[...]

> 1. It requires the client to display the table in a monospaced font,
>    which many would prefer not to use.
> 2. Text in table rows won't be wrapped properly on narrow displays.
> 3. ASCII tables are anything but screenreader friendly, since there's no
>    semantic information about the table's structure.

FWIW org-mode (a  software for Emacs) deals very well  with table like
you  wrote in  your message  (navigation, narrowing,  it even  include
spreadsheet features!). :)

So i guess a sufficiently smart client ;-) could parse and manage text
table very well! :)

Bye!
C.