From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Aaron Ecay Subject: Re: Feature request: copy cell contents into kill ring Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:15:11 -0400 Message-ID: <8761hwrk40.fsf@gmail.com> References: <847g2eocvz.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57929) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHRqF-0001VC-Pj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:15:33 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHRq6-0004QC-7u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:15:23 -0400 Received: from mail-qa0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c00::234]:34019) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHRq6-0004Pu-45 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:15:14 -0400 Received: by mail-qa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id j15so9384137qaq.25 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 23:15:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <847g2eocvz.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andrea Rossetti , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Andrea, 2014ko abuztuak 11an, Andrea Rossetti-ek idatzi zuen: > > Hello everone, > > copying a table cell (C-c C-x M-w) uses a private clipboard, as stated > by the `org-table-copy-region' docstring. Sometimes it's handy to paste > a cell's text into something that isn't an org-table (my use case was: > record a macro to perform some silly updates in bbdb, once per table row). > > My quick-and-dirty solution was the following: > > > but I believe a "copy cell to kill ring" would be a nice Org feature > to add (maybe bound to C-u C-c C-x M-w). Before digging any further, > may I please ask for opinions and advice: would it make sense for you > too? not worth it? or is this already possible with some different > keystroke? Another option might be to create (or adapt) a keybinding to mark the contents of the current table cell, which could then be followed with M-w (kill-ring-save). This would be more general (since you can also e.g. delete the contents of the cell after marking it), and also not require more keystrokes (as long as you can find a binding of 3 keys or less for the mark-cell command). -- Aaron Ecay