Add ability to ellipsize text overflowing in table cell

[h1nk]

It would be quite nice to have the ability to ellipsize text that overflows the table cells width

[swfiua]

It is supposed to shrink the font until the text fits, but I seem to recall there are subtleties with the row labels.

Maybe if there was a minimum font size option, it could then ellipsize text that does not fit.

Do you have an example I could work with?

[swfiua]

I've been on a bit of a diversion of trying to figure out tables more generally: everybody has a table.

I will likely start a whole new table object.

I guess if there was an option to supply maximum cell width in characters, it could run a shortening algorithm as necessary, then feed the results into the existing font guessing code.

[swfiua]

4f4ddb1

is a step in the right direction.

I really just want a thing that I can pass a list of dictionaries, or dictionary of lists and maybe a column or row index

Turn that into something that feeds into the existing table, randomly shortening as we go.

I actually have use for a random string shortener.

It should do lines as well as rows.