From 40f24268a14b03269462755f22e4c5ffd084c4e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Weschke <daniel.weschke@directbox.de>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:27:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add single row table

---
 lisp/0patches/notes                           |  4 +++
 ...x-rst_ox-rst.el_add-single-row-table.patch | 35 +++++++++++++++++++
 lisp/ox-rst/ox-rst.el                         | 24 ++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 lisp/0patches/ox-rst_ox-rst.el_add-single-row-table.patch

diff --git a/lisp/0patches/notes b/lisp/0patches/notes
index a4551e41..b1c76386 100644
--- a/lisp/0patches/notes
+++ b/lisp/0patches/notes
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ ox-rst_ox-rst.el_add-code-block-caption.patch
   patch -d . -p1 -i lisp/0patches/ox-rst_ox-rst.el_add-code-block-caption.patch
 - reverse patch
   patch -R -d . -p1 -i lisp/0patches/ox-rst_ox-rst.el_add-code-block-caption.patch
+
+ox-rst_ox-rst.el_add-single-row-table.patch
+- create the patch using git
+  git diff lisp/ox-rst/ox-rst.el >lisp/0patches/ox-rst_ox-rst.el_add-single-row-table.patch
diff --git a/lisp/0patches/ox-rst_ox-rst.el_add-single-row-table.patch b/lisp/0patches/ox-rst_ox-rst.el_add-single-row-table.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..544d3af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lisp/0patches/ox-rst_ox-rst.el_add-single-row-table.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff --git a/lisp/ox-rst/ox-rst.el b/lisp/ox-rst/ox-rst.el
+index fc423eac..0b19576d 100644
+--- a/lisp/ox-rst/ox-rst.el
++++ b/lisp/ox-rst/ox-rst.el
+@@ -1542,7 +1542,29 @@ a communication channel."
+            (when (= 0 row-number)
+              (concat (funcall makeline contents ?-) "\n"))
+            "|" contents "|\n" hline))
+-      nil
++      ;; nil
++      ;; the else section is hit whenever there is a new group, i.e. the row
++      ;; after a hline, OR if there is only one row in the table!!!
++      ;; (org-export-table-row-number table-row info) returns non-nil if there
++      ;; is only ONE row in the table (nil otherwise)
++      ;; same for `contents'; it is nil if not first row
++      (when contents
++        (let* ((makeline
++                (function
++                 (lambda (_rowcontents linebit)
++                   (format "+%s+"
++                           (mapconcat
++                            'identity
++                            (mapcar
++                             (lambda (table-cell)
++                               (make-string (string-width table-cell)
++                                            linebit))
++                             (split-string contents "|"))
++                            "+"))))))
++          (concat
++           (concat (funcall makeline contents ?-) "\n")
++           (concat "|" contents "|\n")
++           (concat (funcall makeline contents ?-) "\n"))))
+       )))
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/lisp/ox-rst/ox-rst.el b/lisp/ox-rst/ox-rst.el
index fc423eac..0b19576d 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-rst/ox-rst.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-rst/ox-rst.el
@@ -1542,7 +1542,29 @@ a communication channel."
            (when (= 0 row-number)
              (concat (funcall makeline contents ?-) "\n"))
            "|" contents "|\n" hline))
-      nil
+      ;; nil
+      ;; the else section is hit whenever there is a new group, i.e. the row
+      ;; after a hline, OR if there is only one row in the table!!!
+      ;; (org-export-table-row-number table-row info) returns non-nil if there
+      ;; is only ONE row in the table (nil otherwise)
+      ;; same for `contents'; it is nil if not first row
+      (when contents
+        (let* ((makeline
+                (function
+                 (lambda (_rowcontents linebit)
+                   (format "+%s+"
+                           (mapconcat
+                            'identity
+                            (mapcar
+                             (lambda (table-cell)
+                               (make-string (string-width table-cell)
+                                            linebit))
+                             (split-string contents "|"))
+                            "+"))))))
+          (concat
+           (concat (funcall makeline contents ?-) "\n")
+           (concat "|" contents "|\n")
+           (concat (funcall makeline contents ?-) "\n"))))
       )))