Theres a very simple way to do this; its been available in EMACS as long as
I can remember--which is back to the late 80's--and OrgMode makes it even
easier since it  evens-up/covers-down/aligns columns in real-time: All you
have to do is:

Go to the bottom right corner of the cell or column you would like to move
and set a mark "CS@", then go the the top right corner of the square cell or
rectangular region of cells you intend to move and do "Cxk" ==
cut-rectangle--then go to where you want to move the cell or rectangle and
do "Cxry" to do the yank-rectangle where you'd like to put it.

I just tested it--works fine!

;-)

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:51 AM, "Martin G. Skjæveland"
<martige@ifi.uio.no>wrote:

> On 29/09/10 17:58, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> On Sep 25, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Martin G. Skjæveland wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> is there a quick way for moving a cell about in a table? I enjoy
>>> swapping the order of rows and columns in a table using Meta +
>>> [arrow], but I have not found a ways of doing the same for a single
>>> cell. Is it possible?
>>>
>>> Example, with the cursor on '2' in the following table
>>>
>>> | A | B | C |
>>> | 1 | 2 | 3 |
>>> | x | y | z |
>>>
>>> and pressing [move cell left] would give me
>>>
>>> | A | B | C |
>>> | 2 | 1 | 3 |
>>> | x | y | z |
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
> Hi Carsten
>
>  I fail to see the use case for this.
>>
>
> I have come across two use cases lately where I have been missing this
> feature: 1) in a timetable, swapping a cell or two, e.g., the title of a
> talk and the speaker, with next week's values; and 2) making a seating plan
> for a social event. In the latter, moving people about quick and easy is
> nice.
>
>  Yes, this can
>> be useful sometimes, and you can use `C-c C-x C-w' and
>> `C-c C-x C-y' to cut and paste individual fields or
>> even rectangular regions.
>>
>
> Ok, thanks, I did not know about these.
>
>  But for pushing a cell value
>> to a neighboring cell, I don't see a frequent use that
>> would call for a special command beyond what I listed above.
>> Do you?
>>
>
> I agree that it is not a frequent operation.
>
> For the seating plan, I ended up with lots of post-it notes on a wall,
> which worked just fine! :)
>
> Thanks again!
> Martin
>
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