From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_G=2E_Skj=E6veland=22?= Subject: Re: table, moving cells Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:51:36 +0200 Message-ID: <4CA44188.2050909@ifi.uio.no> References: <4C9E1D1A.2090700@ifi.uio.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60638 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P1Dvb-0008BQ-IA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:51:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1Dva-0002xC-BW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:51:43 -0400 Received: from mail-out1.uio.no ([129.240.10.57]:47974) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1DvZ-0002wq-Tp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:51:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 29/09/10 17:58, Carsten Dominik wrote: > Hi Martin, > > On Sep 25, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Martin G. Skjæveland wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> is there a quick way for moving a cell about in a table? I enjoy >> swapping the order of rows and columns in a table using Meta + >> [arrow], but I have not found a ways of doing the same for a single >> cell. Is it possible? >> >> Example, with the cursor on '2' in the following table >> >> | A | B | C | >> | 1 | 2 | 3 | >> | x | y | z | >> >> and pressing [move cell left] would give me >> >> | A | B | C | >> | 2 | 1 | 3 | >> | x | y | z | >> >> Thanks! Hi Carsten > I fail to see the use case for this. I have come across two use cases lately where I have been missing this feature: 1) in a timetable, swapping a cell or two, e.g., the title of a talk and the speaker, with next week's values; and 2) making a seating plan for a social event. In the latter, moving people about quick and easy is nice. > Yes, this can > be useful sometimes, and you can use `C-c C-x C-w' and > `C-c C-x C-y' to cut and paste individual fields or > even rectangular regions. Ok, thanks, I did not know about these. > But for pushing a cell value > to a neighboring cell, I don't see a frequent use that > would call for a special command beyond what I listed above. > Do you? I agree that it is not a frequent operation. For the seating plan, I ended up with lots of post-it notes on a wall, which worked just fine! :) Thanks again! Martin