diff --git a/src/View.cpp b/src/View.cpp
index b3e9f4542..27f18da11 100644
--- a/src/View.cpp
+++ b/src/View.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ View::View ()
 , _left_margin (0)
 , _odd (0)
 , _even (0)
-, _intra_padding (0)
+, _intra_padding (1)
 , _intra_odd (0)
 , _intra_even (0)
 , _extra_padding (0)
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ View::~View ()
 // |ma|ex|cell   |in|cell   |in|cell   |ex|
 // +--+--+-------+--+-------+--+-------+--+
 // 
+// margin
+// extrapadding
+// intrapadding
 std::string View::render (std::vector <Task>& data, std::vector <int>& sequence)
 {
   // Determine minimal, ideal column widths.
@@ -70,8 +73,9 @@ std::string View::render (std::vector <Task>& data, std::vector <int>& sequence)
   std::vector <Column*>::iterator i;
   for (i = _columns.begin (); i != _columns.end (); ++i)
   {
+    // Headers factor in to width calculations.
     int global_min = characters ((*i)->getLabel ());
-    int global_ideal = 0;
+    int global_ideal = global_min;
 
     std::vector <Task>::iterator d;
     for (d = data.begin (); d != data.end (); ++d)
@@ -88,13 +92,65 @@ std::string View::render (std::vector <Task>& data, std::vector <int>& sequence)
     ideal.push_back (global_ideal);
   }
 
+  // TODO Remove
   std::string combined;
   join (combined, ",", minimal);
   std::cout << "# minimal " << combined << "\n";
   join (combined, ",", ideal);
   std::cout << "# ideal " << combined << "\n";
 
-  // TODO Calculate final column widths.
+  // Sum the minimal widths.
+  int sum_minimal = 0;
+  std::vector <int>::iterator c;
+  for (c = minimal.begin (); c != minimal.end (); ++c)
+    sum_minimal += *c;
+  std::cout << "# sum_minimal " << sum_minimal << "\n";
+
+  // Sum the ideal widths.
+  int sum_ideal = 0;
+  for (c = ideal.begin (); c != ideal.end (); ++c)
+    sum_ideal += *c;
+  std::cout << "# sum_ideal " << sum_ideal << "\n";
+
+  // Calculate final column widths.
+  int overage = _width
+              - _left_margin
+              - (2 * _extra_padding)
+              - ((_columns.size () - 1) * _intra_padding);
+  std::cout << "# width " << _width << "\n";
+
+  std::vector <int> widths;
+  if (sum_ideal <= overage)
+  {
+    std::cout << "# ideal case: " << sum_ideal << " <= " << overage << "\n";
+    widths = ideal;
+  }
+  else if (sum_minimal > overage)
+  {
+    throw std::string ("There is not enough horizontal width to display the results.");
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    widths = minimal;
+    overage -= sum_minimal;
+    std::cout << "# overage " << overage << "\n";
+
+    // Spread 'overage' among columns where width[i] < ideal[i]
+    while (overage)
+    {
+      for (int i = 0; i < _columns.size () && overage; ++i)
+      {
+        if (widths[i] < ideal[i])
+        {
+          ++widths[i];
+          --overage;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    join (combined, ",", widths);
+    std::cout << "# final widths " << combined << "\n";
+  }
 
   // TODO Compose column headers.
 
@@ -105,6 +161,7 @@ std::string View::render (std::vector <Task>& data, std::vector <int>& sequence)
   std::vector <int>::iterator s;
   for (s = sequence.begin (); s != sequence.end (); ++s)
   {
+    // TODO render each row.
   }
 
   return output.str ();
diff --git a/src/columns/ColID.cpp b/src/columns/ColID.cpp
index c292e3799..22d13a3d0 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColID.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColID.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#include <iostream> // TODO Remove
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <math.h>
@@ -60,16 +61,18 @@ void ColumnID::measure (Task& task, int& minimum, int& maximum)
   else                       length = (int) log10 ((double) task.id); // Slow
 
   minimum = maximum = length;
+
+  std::cout << "# ColID::measure id=" << task.id << " min=" << minimum << " max=" << maximum << "\n";
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-void ColumnID::render (std::vector <std::string>& lines, Task* task, int width)
+void ColumnID::render (std::vector <std::string>& lines, Task& task, int width)
 {
   std::stringstream line;
-  line << std::setw (width) << std::setfill (' ') << task->id;
+  line << std::setw (width) << std::setfill (' ') << task.id;
 
-  if (task->id)
-    line << task->id;
+  if (task.id)
+    line << task.id;
   else
     line << '-';
 
diff --git a/src/columns/ColID.h b/src/columns/ColID.h
index 16080f2ce..401d39ae0 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColID.h
+++ b/src/columns/ColID.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public:
   ~ColumnID ();
 
   void measure (Task&, int&, int&);
-  void render (std::vector <std::string>&, Task*, int);
+  void render (std::vector <std::string>&, Task&, int);
 
 private:
 };
diff --git a/src/columns/ColProject.cpp b/src/columns/ColProject.cpp
index 8930666cf..7fbbf6409 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColProject.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColProject.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#include <iostream> // TODO Remove
 #include <math.h>
 #include <Context.h>
 #include <ColProject.h>
@@ -51,12 +52,19 @@ void ColumnProject::measure (Task& task, int& minimum, int& maximum)
   std::string project = task.get ("project");
   minimum = maximum = project.length ();
 
+  std::string::size_type space = project.find (' ');
+  if (space == std::string::npos)
+  {
+    std::cout << "# ColProject::measure project=" << project << " min=" << minimum << " max=" << maximum << "\n";
+    return;
+  }
+
+  minimum = 0;
   int longest = 0;
   std::string::size_type last = -1;
-  std::string::size_type space = project.find (' ');
   while (space != std::string::npos)
   {
-    if (space - last - 1 > minimum)
+    if (space - last - 1 > longest)
       longest = space - last - 1;
 
     last = space;
@@ -65,10 +73,12 @@ void ColumnProject::measure (Task& task, int& minimum, int& maximum)
 
   if (longest)
     minimum = longest;
+
+  std::cout << "# ColProject::measure project=" << project << " min=" << minimum << " max=" << maximum << "\n";
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-void ColumnProject::render (std::vector <std::string>& lines, Task* task, int width)
+void ColumnProject::render (std::vector <std::string>& lines, Task& task, int width)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/columns/ColProject.h b/src/columns/ColProject.h
index 02209af60..06bc4ad6b 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColProject.h
+++ b/src/columns/ColProject.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public:
   ~ColumnProject ();
 
   void measure (Task&, int&, int&);
-  void render (std::vector <std::string>&, Task*, int);
+  void render (std::vector <std::string>&, Task&, int);
 
 private:
 };
diff --git a/src/columns/Column.h b/src/columns/Column.h
index 4cde052a8..3c41581f5 100644
--- a/src/columns/Column.h
+++ b/src/columns/Column.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public:
 
   virtual void measure (Task&, int&, int&) = 0;
   virtual void renderHeader (std::vector <std::string>&, int);
-  virtual void render (std::vector <std::string>&, Task*, int) = 0;
+  virtual void render (std::vector <std::string>&, Task&, int) = 0;
 
 protected:
   std::string _type;
diff --git a/test/view.t.cpp b/test/view.t.cpp
index 3b5613b1f..50c283bc6 100644
--- a/test/view.t.cpp
+++ b/test/view.t.cpp
@@ -41,9 +41,14 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
   try
   {
     // Two sample tasks.
+    Task t1 ("[project:\"Home\"]");
+    t1.id = 1;
+    Task t2 ("[project:\"Garden Care\"]");
+    t2.id = 11;
+
     std::vector <Task> data;
-    data.push_back (Task ("[description:\"Migrate import out of core\" entry:\"1303155011\" project:\"task-2.1\" status:\"pending\" uuid:\"3bb54f40-c38f-4936-aae6-f67de6227e00\"]"));
-    data.push_back (Task ("[annotation_1303444800:\"Uli Martens\" description:\"New command: task show defaults, that dumps the Config.cpp defaults string, as an example of a complete .taskrc file\" entry:\"1303472714\" project:\"task-2.0\" status:\"pending\" uuid:\"f30cb9c3-3fc0-483f-bfb2-3bf134f00694\"]"));
+    data.push_back (t1);
+    data.push_back (t2);
 
     // Sequence of tasks.
     std::vector <int> sequence;
@@ -54,7 +59,10 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
     View view;
     view.add (Column::factory ("id"));
     view.add (Column::factory ("project"));
-    view.width (40);
+    view.width (12);
+    view.leftMargin (0);
+    view.extraPadding (0);
+    view.intraPadding (1);
 
     // Render the view.
     std::cout << view.render (data, sequence)