From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joost Kremers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Keep-only-column Date: 8 Feb 2007 19:43:09 GMT Message-ID: References: <1170962128.311804.182850@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> <1170962615.632938.25870@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170967345 5359 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2007 20:42:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:42:25 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 08 21:42:18 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HFG5x-0001di-4E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:42:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFG5w-00058j-GG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:42:16 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Trace: individual.net 5bbw8L7ozILYFGCUkTxz2Qts4sSVOEYuBT7zqTZa9hMI4G+T+7 Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Editor: Emacs of course! User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:145371 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40977 Archived-At: weber wrote: > I think the format of "stuff" can't be understood from above :) Here > it is: > > variable BLABLA = 438438 > variable LABLAC = 312 > variable DAUSH = 43538 > > Apply to that region: keep-only-column 2 makes it: > BLABLA > LABLAC > DAUSHD if the columns are (more or less) nicely lined up, you can use kill-rectangle to kill a rectangle defined by point and mark, which is bound to `C-x r k'. you'll have to apply it twice. do `C-h a rectangle RET' to see some more useful command that can be applied to rectangles. -- Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht EN:SiS(9)