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From: Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>
Subject: Re: Sorting table columns (*not* content)
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:02:47 +0100
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To: Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>
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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
>