Re: [Bug] org-update-dblock randomly broken for more than 10 columns and larger files

[Jakob Schöttl]

Am 20.08.23 um 08:56 schrieb Ihor Radchenko:
> Jakob Schöttl <jschoett@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > So, org-update-dblock or org-dblock-write:columnview is adding trailing
> > spaces in the org file. These spaces change the behavior of subsequent
> > calls which will add even more spaces.
> Confirmed.
> Unimportant.
>
> The internal implementation details of colview demand heading text to
> have at least the number of characters equal to the number of fields. If
> there are less, spaces are added. But not beyond the necessary number of
> spaces.
>
> This is not easy to change.
> And I am not sure if it is necessarily a bug, though I can see how it
> can be slightly annoying.

The thing is, that this is only the smallest part of the bug. Spaces are 
not only added to headings but also to normal text lines and to ":END:" 
lines.

The spaces then lead to different table data in the dynamic block. I'll 
see if I can provide an example where it messes up the table data.