From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Politz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to browse data with many many columns Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:46:33 +0100 Organization: FH-Trier Message-ID: <1229939259.285615@arno.fh-trier.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229942448 3182 80.91.229.12 (22 Dec 2008 10:40:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:40:48 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 22 11:41:55 2008 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 1LEiEU-00035D-Ub for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:41:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59745 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LEiDI-0000GE-9d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:40:40 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!inka.de!peernews!news.belwue.de!news.uni-kl.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 143-93-54-11.arno.fh-trier.de Original-X-Trace: news.uni-kl.de 1229939309 24477 143.93.54.11 (22 Dec 2008 09:48:29 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-kl.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:48:29 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081018) In-Reply-To: Cache-Post-Path: arno.fh-trier.de!unknown@dslb-088-068-195-104.pools.arcor-ip.net X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:165570 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:60900 Archived-At: patiobarbecue wrote: > Dear there, > > I have data file with many columns. The first line has field names as usual. > I am reading column 35 for example, CTRL+v will turn the page BUT focus on > column 1, and I have to locate column 35 again -:) Is there a convenient > way? Indeed. ,----[ C-h f set-goal-column RET ] | set-goal-column is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'. | It is bound to C-x C-n. | (set-goal-column ARG) | | Set the current horizontal position as a goal for C-n and C-p. | Those commands will move to this position in the line moved to | rather than trying to keep the same horizontal position. | With a non-nil argument, clears out the goal column | so that C-n and C-p resume vertical motion. | The goal column is stored in the variable `goal-column'. | `---- > Also is it possible to keep the first line (table field names) visible while > browse line 200? > (setq header-line-format (buffer-substring 1 (line-end-position (goto-char 1)))) You need to eval this the buffers context (e.g. with M-:). -ap > Thanks for your reply in advance. > > Michael