* manipulating org-tables as matrices - operations on org-table in diagonal direction for columns and rows
@ 2014-05-13 22:23 Daniel Kiertscher
2014-05-21 13:47 ` Bastien
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From: Daniel Kiertscher @ 2014-05-13 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hello,
org-tables already support very helpful operations for manipulating the
order of rows and columns. But we could implement some operations based
on the concept of matrices, making org-tables even more usefull for
drafting ideas using matrix layouts.
Maybe you are interested in the operations I am suggesting and can help
me to implement them.
Maybe you have some questions or suggestions, improving or generalising
this approach?
Here are the first sketches of a part of the functions on org-table
which I am missing for quite a while now.
I am not very familiar with development in elisp though.
;; move field in org-table in diagonal direction
(defun org-table-move-field-upleft ()
"Move Point one line up and one char left."
(interactive)
(org-table-move-row-up)
(org-table-move-column-left))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<f5>") 'org-table-move-field-upleft)
(defun org-table-move-field-downright ()
"Move Point one line up and one char left."
(interactive)
(org-table-move-row-down)
(org-table-move-column-right))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<f8>") 'org-table-move-field-downright)
(defun org-table-insert-field-with-row-and-column-upleft ()
"Insert a field with row and column at the uper left corner of the
field at point."
(interactive)
(org-table-insert-column)
(org-table-insert-row))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<f9>")
'org-table-insert-field-with-row-and-column-upleft)
(defun org-table-duplicate-field-with-row-and-column-upleft ()
"Duplicate a field with row and column at the uper left corner of the
field at point."
(interactive)
(org-table-insert-column)
(org-table-insert-row))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<f10>")
'org-table-duplicate-field-with-row-and-column-upleft)
(defun org-table-delete-field-with-row-and-column ()
"Delete a field with row and column."
(interactive)
(org-table-delete-column)
(org-table-kill-row))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<f11>") 'org-table-delete-field-with-row-and-column)
;; move point in org-table in diagonal direction
;; The functions org-table-move-point-.. are note working yet.
(defun org-table-move-point-upleft ()
"Move Point one line up and one char left."
(interactive)
(previous-line)
(org-table-previous-field)) ;how to stop if in a corner?
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<f6>") 'org-table-move-point-upleft)
(defun org-table-move-point-downright ()
"Move Point one line up and one char left."
(interactive)
(next-line)
(org-table-next-field)) ;how to stop if in a corner?
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<f7>") 'org-table-move-point-downright)
;; more transformations on org-table as matrix
; (defun org-table-pivot-table)
; ...
; (defun org-table-sort-columns)
; ...
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* Re: manipulating org-tables as matrices - operations on org-table in diagonal direction for columns and rows
2014-05-13 22:23 manipulating org-tables as matrices - operations on org-table in diagonal direction for columns and rows Daniel Kiertscher
@ 2014-05-21 13:47 ` Bastien
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bastien @ 2014-05-21 13:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel Kiertscher; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hi Daniel,
Daniel Kiertscher <D.Kiertscher@gmx.de> writes:
> org-tables already support very helpful operations for manipulating
> the order of rows and columns. But we could implement some operations
> based on the concept of matrices, making org-tables even more usefull
> for drafting ideas using matrix layouts.
> Maybe you are interested in the operations I am suggesting and can
> help me to implement them.
> Maybe you have some questions or suggestions, improving or
> generalising this approach?
> Here are the first sketches of a part of the functions on org-table
> which I am missing for quite a while now.
Those are useful operations, but I doubt each of them is worth a
separate command and a new keybinding. Because each function is
a combo of two commands that are already quite fast and accessible,
and -- at least for me -- it seems easier to type M-<right> M-<up>
instead of the related keystroke you suggest.
Another approach would be to use this for yourself for a while,
see what are the most useful commands, and see if their keybinding
makes it really worth adding them to the core of Org.
Thanks,
--
Bastien
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