From: Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>
To: Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Sorting table columns (*not* content)
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:02:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CCF0ED7.702@christianmoe.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikSt2PjzqghP+ScUOECFgrBhFuoJZvoG0bav7=Z@mail.gmail.com>
If you want to sort table columns manually (usually that's quick and
easy), forget rectangle editing: M-left and M-right are your friends.
Cheers,
Christian
On 11/1/10 2:52 PM, Jeff Horn wrote:
>> From the manual: [1]
> ,----
> | C-c C-x M-w
> | Copy a rectangular region from a table to a special clipboard. Point
> and mark determine edge fields of the rectangle. If there is no active
> region, copy just the current field. The process ignores horizontal
> separator lines.
> | C-c C-x C-w
> | Copy a rectangular region from a table to a special clipboard, and
> blank all fields in the rectangle. So this is the “cut” operation.
> | C-c C-x C-y
> | Paste a rectangular region into a table. The upper left corner ends
> up in the current field. All involved fields will be overwritten. If
> the rectangle does not fit into the present table, the table is
> enlarged as needed. The process ignores horizontal separator lines.
> `----
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jeff
>
> * Footnotes
> [1] http://orgmode.org/org.html#Built_002din-table-editor
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-01 19:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-01 13:42 Sorting table columns (*not* content) Gary
2010-11-01 13:52 ` Jeff Horn
2010-11-01 14:15 ` Gary
2010-11-01 15:09 ` Jeff Horn
2010-11-01 19:44 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-11-02 11:05 ` Gary
2010-11-01 19:02 ` Christian Moe [this message]
2010-11-01 19:27 ` brian powell
2010-11-01 14:43 ` Juan Pechiar
2010-11-01 15:33 ` Gary
2010-11-01 15:39 ` brian powell
2010-11-01 17:47 ` Dan Davison
2010-11-01 18:44 ` brian powell
2010-11-02 11:03 ` Gary
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