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From: Gary <emacs-orgmode@garydjones.name>
Subject: Re: Sorting table columns (*not* content)
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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).