Hi!
> I know that I can delete columns but I miss a function which would
> *kill* a column, put it in the some ring (or register) and paste it.
>
> I do this my marking the content of a column and use kill-rectangle and
> yank-rectangle but I find such a solution which needs the mark,
> cumbersome.
> It also seems a subject which comes up regularly. Is this so difficult
> to implement?
Some time ago I wrote this function:
(defun mw-org-table-mark-column ()
"Mark the column containing point.
This works only in org tables.
For tables with horizontal lines this function can fail."
(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)))
If you do M-x mw-org-table-mark-column followed by C-x SPACE in a
table-cell you (hopefully) the column gets marked.
This might be a start.
HTH,
--
Marco Wahl
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