Re: Format of lists and alists required for displaying lists of tabulated data

[Tim Landscheidt]

uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me> wrote:

>> > > > The file tabulated-list.el does not describe the format of lists and 
>> > > > alists
>> > > > required for displaying lists of tabulated data.
>> > > >
>> > > > Could some information be added, please ?

>> > > The documentation of 'tabulated-list-mode'
>> > > (describe-function 'tabulated-list-mode)

>> > > points to the documentation of 'tabulated-list-format' and the
>> > > documentation of 'tabulated-list-entries'.

>> > > Is that what you're looking for ?

>> > Yes, the description of tabulated-list-entries states that the input
>> > if a list, each element has the form (ID [DESC1 ... DESCN]).

>> > […]

>> Not only that, but it also explains what ID is and what DESC
>> can be and what effects it has. So what data have you set
>> tabulated-list-entries to and how does it fail to do what
>> you want?

> I am trying to print a header and also some text to the buffer, and
> not being successful.

> […]

That is not the purpose of tabulated-list-mode and will
likely not work.  tabulated-list-mode is for buffers that
display an interactive table (and nothing else), like
list-packages, etc.

http://rgrinberg.com/posts/emacs-table-display/ has some
code to show how it can be used without defining a derived
mode (and how to populate tabulated-list-entries).

Tim