* how to copy a column of a table (with content)
@ 2022-01-20 8:06 Uwe Brauer
2022-01-20 10:28 ` Marco Wahl
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From: Uwe Brauer @ 2022-01-20 8:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi
I sometime have to deal with table that contains large columns and I
want to copy that columns and modify them a bit.
So I usually just insert an empty column and use kill-rectangle and yank-rectangle.
I am wondering, there seems no
org-table-kill-this-column and org-table-yank-this-column.
I found
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/28270/how-to-select-and-copy-a-column-of-an-org-table-without-rectangle-selection#:~:text=Just%20mark%20the%20beginning%20of,table%2Dpaste%2Drectangle%20).
But it did not work for me.
Any ideas?
Regards
Uwe Brauer
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* Re: how to copy a column of a table (with content)
2022-01-20 8:06 how to copy a column of a table (with content) Uwe Brauer
@ 2022-01-20 10:28 ` Marco Wahl
2022-01-20 16:22 ` Uwe Brauer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Marco Wahl @ 2022-01-20 10:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode, oub
Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
> I sometime have to deal with table that contains large columns and I
> want to copy that columns and modify them a bit.
>
> So I usually just insert an empty column and use kill-rectangle and yank-rectangle.
>
> I am wondering, there seems no
> org-table-kill-this-column and org-table-yank-this-column.
>
> I found
>
> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/28270/how-to-select-and-copy-a-column-of-an-org-table-without-rectangle-selection#:~:text=Just%20mark%20the%20beginning%20of,table%2Dpaste%2Drectangle%20).
>
> But it did not work for me.
>
> Any ideas?
I use the following function occasionally. Possibly it helps in your case.
(defun mw-org-table-mark-column ()
"Mark the column containing point."
(interactive)
(unless (org-at-table-p) (user-error "Not at a table"))
(org-table-find-dataline)
(org-table-check-inside-data-field)
(let* ((col (org-table-current-column))
(beg (org-table-begin))
(end (org-table-end)))
(goto-char beg)
(org-table-goto-column col)
(re-search-backward "|" nil t)
(push-mark)
(goto-char (1- end))
(org-table-goto-column (1+ col))
(re-search-backward "|" nil t)
(exchange-point-and-mark)
(forward-char)))
Copy a column would be:
1. Put the cursor into that column.
2. M-x mw-org-table-mark-column
3. Move the cursor onto the |. E.g. { C-b }.
4. M-x copy-rectangle-as-kill
5. Move the cursor to a suitable position in the first line of the table.
6. M-x yank-rectangle
BTW rectangle-mark-mode -- possibly activated with { C-x SPC } -- can
help with the copy and yank in this case.
HTH,
--
Marco
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* Re: how to copy a column of a table (with content)
2022-01-20 10:28 ` Marco Wahl
@ 2022-01-20 16:22 ` Uwe Brauer
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Uwe Brauer @ 2022-01-20 16:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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Hi Marco
> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
> I use the following function occasionally. Possibly it helps in your case.
> (defun mw-org-table-mark-column ()
> "Mark the column containing point."
> (interactive)
> (unless (org-at-table-p) (user-error "Not at a table"))
> (org-table-find-dataline)
> (org-table-check-inside-data-field)
> (let* ((col (org-table-current-column))
> (beg (org-table-begin))
> (end (org-table-end)))
> (goto-char beg)
> (org-table-goto-column col)
> (re-search-backward "|" nil t)
> (push-mark)
> (goto-char (1- end))
> (org-table-goto-column (1+ col))
> (re-search-backward "|" nil t)
> (exchange-point-and-mark)
> (forward-char)))
very nice, !!!
> Copy a column would be:
> 1. Put the cursor into that column.
> 2. M-x mw-org-table-mark-column
> 3. Move the cursor onto the |. E.g. { C-b }.
> 4. M-x copy-rectangle-as-kill
> 5. Move the cursor to a suitable position in the first line of the table.
> 6. M-x yank-rectangle
> BTW rectangle-mark-mode -- possibly activated with { C-x SPC } -- can
> help with the copy and yank in this case.
Right, I completely forgot that mode! Thanks
> HTH,
very much so. Why not include the code into master?
Uwe
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