[Compatibility Request] Extended Native Syntax could play nicer with Advanced Tables plugin

[huyz]

I'm trying to use both this plugin using Extended Native Syntax and another plugin https://github.com/tgrosinger/advanced-tables-obsidian, which pretty formats the table when you hit tab or shift+tab

• ^^ works
• left/center/right justification works

The following don't work:

• for colspan, the || is incorrectly split apart by Advanced Tables into a column. So how about recognizing that | : | is equivalent to ||? That way, Advanced Tables could be free to reformat the table and Table Extended could recognize my intent to colspan
• for multiline, there must be a \ at the end of the line, outside the table. But upon reformatting, Advanced Tables creates a new right-most column with the \s in it. So how about recognizing an empty column with only \ inside of it as meaning the same thing?

[aidenlx]

here is the status: https://github.com/tgrosinger/advanced-tables-obsidian/issues/59#issuecomment-812886995

[huyz]

Yes it would be cleaner if Advanced Tables improved compatibility, as I suggested in this ticket too: https://github.com/tgrosinger/advanced-tables-obsidian/issues/119

But who knows when they will implement https://github.com/tgrosinger/advanced-tables-obsidian/issues/59#issuecomment-812886995 ? May be years.

So in the meantime, the workarounds I suggested above would hold us over while we wait. Yes, not as good, but better than waiting forever 😄