FR: Yank rectangle, not as a rectangle but as a string.

[Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>]

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FR: Yank rectangle, not as a rectangle but as a string.

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Use Case:

I was trying to Org-tablize a two-column glossary.  Glossary runs to 22
printed pages and after being Org-tablized has (I believe) 3000 entries
or so.

The glosssary.txt is created with

    pdftotext -layout -nopgbrk glossary.pdf


See the attached files and screenshots.

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Long story short:

1. C-x C-f kbd-macro.el.  Install that macro.
2. C-x C-f glossary.txt
3. M-x fixup-glossary
4. You will end up with glossary-final.txt.


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Crux of the matter:

The interesting portion in the macro is this sequence

?\C-x ?r ?k
?\C-x ?b ?t ?e ?m ?p ?- ?1 return
?\C-x ?r ?y
?\C-x ?h
?\C-w
?\C-x ?b return
down ?\C-y

where I rely on a temporary buffer to "string-ize" a rectangle.

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So, my question is this: Is there a way to do yank a rectangle as a
string?

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Interesting Titbit:

This is the "inverse" operation of what the Info node says

| (info "(emacs) Rectangles")
| 
|    For example, you can convert two single-column lists into a
| double-column list by killing one of the single-column lists as a
| rectangle, and then yanking it beside the other list.


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mettre à jour: to update, 13                               neveu: m. nephew, 2
mettre à la porte / être mis(e) à la porte: to fire / to   nez: m. nose, 4, 10
be fired, 12                                               nièce: f. niece, 2
mettre de côté: to put aside, to save, 13                  noces: f pl, wedding, 7
meuble / meubles: m. piece of furniture / furniture, 8




 COERLL - French Department                                Page 329 of 347	                           CC   2011 University of Texas at Austin	
                                                           		
                     Noël, le 25 décembre / Joyeux Noël!: m. Christmas /         Pâques / Joyeuses Pâques!: m, f pl, Easter / Happy
                     Merry Christmas! , 7                                        Easter!, 7
                     noir(e): black, 4                                           parc: m. park, 3, 6
                     noix: f. walnut, 5                                          parce que: because, 2
                     nom (de famille): m. last name, 2                           parents: m pl, parents, relatives , 2

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| mettre à jour: to update, 13                             |
| mettre à la porte / être mis(e) à la porte: to fire / to |
| be fired, 12                                             |
| mettre de côté: to put aside, to save, 13                |
| meuble / meubles: m. piece of furniture / furniture, 8   |
| neveu: m. nephew, 2                                      |
| nez: m. nose, 4, 10                                      |
| nièce: f. niece, 2                                       |
| noces: f pl, wedding, 7                                  |
|                                                          |

Noël, le 25 décembre / Joyeux Noël!: m. Christmas /         Pâques / Joyeuses Pâques!: m, f pl, Easter / Happy
Merry Christmas! , 7                                        Easter!, 7
noir(e): black, 4                                           parc: m. park, 3, 6
noix: f. walnut, 5                                          parce que: because, 2
nom (de famille): m. last name, 2                           parents: m pl, parents, relatives , 2