From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: attempt to create a table Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:52:43 +0200 Message-ID: <83zg9ayi6s.fsf@gnu.org> References: <206c2336-9e1b-ec0e-6487-78c6b9bfe928@posteo.de> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37277"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 18 18:53:27 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pTROp-0009Wi-78 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:53:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTROI-0006jK-CN; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 12:52:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTROD-0006iy-9j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 12:52:50 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTRO5-0000qN-N6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 12:52:42 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=DzgqtNuPJnQT7nlNHE+Jnyr/By50RVoqKJ0n9U7fOpE=; b=KiDFJnpuSXf3 eUmDgagW5YRkn3OZvfl/8l5UKHV3u/1oyaWuLCsp8Lxh6Eh0Niw6BDfPPkI5FJGlxlqzldCTmK3D8 nQwhSZfLgfZl6SzcoKHLYfu6wwQ2V84FE0VYnnMPbSaeJwCLBRyI3LXzA37qAR8GfvlYEPFerdKKF qtBnsoW3+x4phbgxdXTgkxO3wgxJkOo+xGeb/fcDmA2PBr93svUrKj6+mAWcqhR6Zkukkg6+B+Mlo MtoQ246FCsFb8D7Z81Jo5ReuMdmAN0a7cN1OoSAt1YyYK4ESdFRg4tfa0vm/vG7KAL5UxyO2EFTAt OVlETCqgAm5WAI58SGevBA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTRO4-00080C-GY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 12:52:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: <206c2336-9e1b-ec0e-6487-78c6b9bfe928@posteo.de> (message from Gottfried on Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:45:19 +0000) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:142772 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:45:19 +0000 > From: Gottfried > > I copied the headings of the emacs manual into an emacs file. > I have those headings in english and in german language. > I want to create a table with 2 colums und 2 rows (because some headings > have many words and so they need two rows) and put the english headings > at the left side, the german headings on the right side, so that I have > them beside each other. > > I tried several times with > > M-x table-capture > column delimiter regexp: 2 > row delimiter regexp: 2 > justify (left): left > minimum cell width: 40 > > it put several headings into one cell, > but it should put only one heading in one cell and the next heading in > the next cell under it. > > How can I do this? Did you try "C-x 6 2" (or "F2 2")?