I have the same problem. It is possible to shift the empty spaces ti the beginning, but not to the end. The problem exists in Linux and windows versions of the program. Almost looks like the spaces appear when the collum reached a minimum width. You can still make the comum smaller, but the space gets bigger. I noticed that 1.8 didn't have this problem (Ubuntu installed 1.8 before I updated my repository...)
I have the same problem. It is possible to shift the empty spaces ti the beginning, but not to the end. The problem exists in Linux and windows versions of the program. Almost looks like the spaces appear when the collum reached a minimum width. You can still make the comum smaller, but the space gets bigger. I noticed that 1.8 didn't have this problem (Ubuntu installed 1.8 before I updated my repository...)