From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Physically Rotate Text
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:08:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvegvknbb3.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87oauohqis.fsf@gmail.com
> If this weren't Emacs, I wouldn't be surprised not to have a physical
> rotate function. Here's what I'm looking for: the ability to change
> a block from a horizontal to a vertical layout of text. This would be
> part of emacs super ASCII non-graphical powers, so that if I'm
> modelling a bar chart, I can convert it to a column chart:
Indeed, picture-mode is lacking this functionality.
And so is artist-mode.
I have an excuse: I'm a types guy.
But about all you users? What's your excuse? What have you been doing
all these years instead of writing a rectangle-rotate function?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-09 14:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-09 13:28 Physically Rotate Text Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-09 14:08 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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2014-09-09 20:05 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-09-10 8:51 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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2014-09-09 20:03 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2014-09-10 6:25 ` Nicolas Richard
2014-09-10 7:53 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2014-09-10 12:31 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.8609.1410352449.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-09-10 21:43 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] <mailman.138733.1410339614.1146.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-09-10 9:32 ` Tory S. Anderson
[not found] ` <mailman.8604.1410341530.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-09-10 21:42 ` Emanuel Berg
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