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Marking and copying columns in XEmacs
Assume we have a file like this:
... and we would like to copy e.g. the column 'ccccc' to another location. First we have to mark the column by setting a mark at the upper left corner of the column. Go to the upper left corner of the area you would like to mark and press Ctrl + Space:
In the status line (at the lower end of the XEmacs window you can read now "Mark set". Now move the cursor to the lower right corner of the area you would like to mark:
... and don't get confused as not only the rectangle with the c's is marked but also the full lines in between. ;-) To copy the rectangle into a register press now: Ctrl+x, r, r, [Enter]
If you got it right you can read "Loading rect... done" in the status line.
To insert the rectangle now at a different place, move the cursor to the upper left corner of this region, let's say next to the 'ffff' column:
... and press Ctrl+x, r, i, [Enter] to insert:
and there it is! Working with tables in LaTeX I found this quite useful sometimes. | ||
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