Re: [O] Bug: incorrect display of tables after alignment [9.1.8 (9.1.8-elpa @ /Users/michelschinz/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20171228/)]

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Michel Schinz <address@hidden> writes:

> The latest version(s) of Org have a weird display issue (at least on
> macOS) when tables are aligned. To see it, launch Emacs with "-Q" and
> then add the directory containing the latest Org to the load-path. Then,
> open an empty Org file (e.g. /tmp/foo.org) and paste the following
> partial table into it:
>
> |xxx|zzz
> |0
>
> Then, with the cursor on the "0" (e.g.), hit C-c C-c to realign the
> table. Visually, the result will look like this:
>
> | xxx | zzz |
> |   |     |
>
> That is, the 0 will have disappeared, and the vertical lines will not be
> aligned. Then save the file, kill the buffer, and reload the file. What
> now appears is the correct table, i.e.
>
> | xxx | zzz |
> |   0 |     |
>
> I am able to reproduce this bug both when Emacs is launched as graphical
> application, and in the terminal when launched with "-nw".
>
> Michel.
>
> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 25.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS appkit-1265.21 
> Version 10.9.5 (Build 13F1911))
>  of 2017-09-12
> Package: Org mode version 9.1.8 (9.1.8-elpa @ 
> /Users/michelschinz/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20171228/)

There is no such thing as Org version 9.1.8. Latest stable release is
Org 9.1.5.

As I cannot reproduce it (I'm not on macOS) on maint (stable branch),
I suggest to update Org and try again. It may be related to a bug
recently fixed.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou