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Brendan Halpin <brendan.halpin@ul.ie> wrote in message news:<87fz8kox65.fsf@wivenhoe.staff8.ul.ie>...
> googleartist@yahoo.com (Artist) writes:
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> If you're on Unix, the shell command "column" will do this for you.
> In Emacs, mark your list, do "C-u ESC | column RET" -- that is,
> run shell-command-on-region on your list, giving "column" as the
> region. "M-x man RET column RET" tells more.
> 
> Brendan
Exactly.. Thank you, Brendan.