Ah wow! Thanks Christian! I, at least, am very happy and content about
this subject-thread!
MLeft and MRight work great in TableMode of EmacsOrgMode!
Agree too: Rectangle editing is slower than Christian's method--EmacsOrgMode
has blown me away all over again!
Christian's method is a manual on
If you want to sort table columns manually (usually that's quick and
easy), forget rectangle editing: M-left and M-right are your friends.
Cheers,
Christian
On 11/1/10 2:52 PM, Jeff Horn wrote:
From the manual: [1]
,
| C-c C-x M-w
| Copy a rectangular region from a table to a special cli
Jeff Horn seems to be explaining specifics of how to do some nitty-gritty
manipulations--he mentions (quoting the manual) methods for yanking, Ccxy
The methods Jeff expressed are useful for the question posed.
I recommend rectangle-kill and rectangle-yank--Cxrk and Cxry to solve this
(in a very s
If you don't mind losing h-lines, you can transpose the table, sort
rows, and transpose back.
This code (which I previously posted to the list) transposes a table:
#+begin_src: emacs-lisp
(defun org-transpose-table-at-point ()
"Transpose orgmode table at point, eliminate hlines"
(interactive
>From the manual: [1]
,
| C-c C-x M-w
| Copy a rectangular region from a table to a special clipboard. Point
and mark determine edge fields of the rectangle. If there is no active
region, copy just the current field. The process ignores horizontal
separator lines.
| C-c C-x C-w
| Copy a rectang
