From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Joost Kremers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is it possible to move a column where column on right is variable width Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 21:11:41 +0200 Message-ID: <87lgpwliqa.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: <0b6f7632-f4c0-47c9-b3fb-b5d554c358c1@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1494962002 5017 195.159.176.226 (16 May 2017 19:13:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 19:13:22 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 0.9.19; emacs 25.2.4 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Kaushal Modi Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 16 21:13:16 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dAhuF-00017R-OB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 May 2017 21:13:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43596 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dAhuL-0000lL-BO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 May 2017 15:13:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44632) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dAhsx-0008VX-P4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 May 2017 15:11:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dAhst-0003tn-OD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 May 2017 15:11:55 -0400 Original-Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:34725) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dAhst-0003sm-B6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 May 2017 15:11:51 -0400 Original-Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.internal [10.202.2.45]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48F6120B0D; Tue, 16 May 2017 15:11:49 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 16 May 2017 15:11:49 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.fm; h= cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=yeZOxv7Fn8r8RB1vol1dHcUN55kO8fC9tzawHzNNr o0=; b=PLpiCNhhDlB4jNa5D6Od0Bas72/AGv0+Ty+MvOgfDIOKezPSsWOBugC75 f7l4n8m4+Ul7BGVl//ky4i4hJER4XGzLYTwq+F4gzR4B9GiCC3OtVg4qAvMTyuc3 lqwkOhRewKXdjRJrqcv4RjvY7ZvUz65WbiUgY+SkyXqx+Q4BTdK81NuNbF3gM8AA usBixAqB1IC2EeTNhb1DIBe0kRxJZB8anDjiukFHWWYDRfWa+6ktZWYbYxlKXdbR dEdWJiCcKOLtGDI5XIAyJX2d7U4DMynDBgKcjFPibIEeRfZNMnGQW8PkbROkRK7X huwgJJ0iOkWRDabcVNL8G3MOCwsxw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=yeZOxv7Fn8r8RB1vol 1dHcUN55kO8fC9tzawHzNNro0=; b=JtXsusSWywr0PPvGlY5cMsoO3+hk4Eewj9 kZ6tzkPQYKTY/V+EdENzgi7NDPGpL0PH3YKUd55yZ1Z3Ymw6CoZT00dz3q4GVvuU Q37kKt2WKuia8ZBPLgktFVH3Hrx+reuYFaEazeDM4bkmvOywb7ligE0f8++wTpSV GLQ/Zery8DL3De3ZtZQKUE7VYx0lggeYd3Rf6DiHOt9PC5AgyGvRgPQkNyc96kfx Zw9QYLsO0/aC8xzGnYiVROf1RltEa7V7PHoesQmn4XF+RDqPztSAJX5rS1H1kq+/ 3DgZHQ/MVCv8s9J1eC2VOgdISndlmmp5SqFZfLPENbytiwhBMTrQ== X-ME-Sender: X-Sasl-enc: NkTanxcH/BqJLhZk/UeoH8qUWHhkEamgPbn944ysNhyk 1494961908 Original-Received: from IdeaPad.messagingengine.com (hotsplots-blu1-ip17.cust.syseleven.net [185.46.137.17]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 762D47E876; Tue, 16 May 2017 15:11:48 -0400 (EDT) In-reply-to: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 66.111.4.25 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113038 Archived-At: On Tue, May 16 2017, Kaushal Modi wrote: > On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 12:35 PM Angus Comber > wrote: > >> I downloaded a file, LSE.txt from this link: >> >> http://www.eoddata.com/Data/symbollist.aspx?e=LSE > > > I cannot access that site without a login, but I used the below > data > snippet of yours. > > >> which is of the form: >> >> symbolDescription >> >> the description is pretty free form. Here are some examples: >> >> 06GG.L BARCLAYS BANK PLC UNDATED FLTG RATE PRIM CAP >> NOTES'2'USD >> 06GL.L NATIONAL GRID GAS 8.75% BDS 27/6/25 GBP(VAR) >> 07OZ.L HAMMERSON PLC 6.875% BDS 31/3/20 GBP(VAR) >> >> Is there any way to do what I want? >> > > As the Description portion of the data is not of equal width, > using > rectanges gets tricky. Unless you do the totally uncool thing of adding enough spaces to the final line so that you can create a rectangle of the appropriate size. It'll cost you some geek points, but it gets the job done. ;-) -- Joost Kremers Life has its moments