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From: Gary <emacs-orgmode@garydjones.name>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Sorting table columns (*not* content)
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:05:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <iaoran$tj8$3@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4A6A8F31-8B8F-4A69-9C39-8CB0EDA452BB@gmail.com

Carsten Dominik wrote:
> On Nov 1, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Gary wrote:
>
>> Jeff Horn wrote:
>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Not much, really. You're saying that I can do rectangle editing, which
>> I
>> knew. Are you basically saying "you have to sort them yourself"? (If
>> so,
>> that's okay, it's a valid answer, even if it isn't the one I want!)
>
> I guess in many cases it will be fast to sort by hand in a situation
> like this.

Depends how many columns you have. I had constructed a table whose
header contained variable references. Wiiiiiiiide table. I wanted to
sort to find the same named variables (and remove duplicates).

  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-02 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-01 13:42 Sorting table columns (*not* content) Gary
2010-11-01 13:52 ` Jeff Horn
2010-11-01 14:15   ` Gary
2010-11-01 15:09     ` Jeff Horn
2010-11-01 19:44     ` Carsten Dominik
2010-11-02 11:05       ` Gary [this message]
2010-11-01 19:02   ` Christian Moe
2010-11-01 19:27     ` brian powell
2010-11-01 14:43 ` Juan Pechiar
2010-11-01 15:33   ` Gary
2010-11-01 15:39   ` brian powell
2010-11-01 17:47 ` Dan Davison
2010-11-01 18:44   ` brian powell
2010-11-02 11:03   ` Gary

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