align around symbol

align around symbol

[John Hunter]

Suppose I have a region like the following


    '28' : ( '\leftparen', 'cmr10'),
    '5D' : ( ']', 'cmr10'),
    '\oint' : ( 'cmex10', '49'),
    '\bigodot' : ( 'cmex10', '4B'),
    '\bigoplus' : ( 'cmex10', '4D'),

Only one ':' per line.

Is there an easy wan in emacs to get the code to align the : symbols,
ie

    '28'        : ( '\leftparen', 'cmr10'),
    '5D'        : ( ']', 'cmr10'),
    '\oint'     : ( 'cmex10', '49'),
    '\bigodot'  : ( 'cmex10', '4B'),
    '\bigoplus' : ( 'cmex10', '4D'),

Thanks,
John Hunter

Re: align around symbol

[Lawrence Mitchell]

John Hunter wrote:

> Suppose I have a region like the following

>     '28' : ( '\leftparen', 'cmr10'),
>     '5D' : ( ']', 'cmr10'),
>     '\oint' : ( 'cmex10', '49'),
>     '\bigodot' : ( 'cmex10', '4B'),
>     '\bigoplus' : ( 'cmex10', '4D'),

> Only one ':' per line.

> Is there an easy wan in emacs to get the code to align the : symbols,

[...]

Try M-x align-regexp RET : RET

-- 
Lawrence Mitchell <wence@gmx.li>

Re: align around symbol

[upro]

Lawrence Mitchell <wence@gmx.li> writes:

> John Hunter wrote:
>
>> Suppose I have a region like the following
>
>>     '28' : ( '\leftparen', 'cmr10'),
>>     '5D' : ( ']', 'cmr10'),
>>     '\oint' : ( 'cmex10', '49'),
>>     '\bigodot' : ( 'cmex10', '4B'),
>>     '\bigoplus' : ( 'cmex10', '4D'),
>
>> Only one ':' per line.
>
>> Is there an easy wan in emacs to get the code to align the : symbols,
>
> [...]
>
> Try M-x align-regexp RET : RET

WOWWW!!!! No matter how long you use emacs, there's always a surprise!
Great! emacs is the most winderful piece of software _in the world_!!!

Greetings

-- 
Michael

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Re: align around symbol

[John Hunter]

>>>>> "upro" == upro  <upro@gmx.net> writes:

    upro> WOWWW!!!! No matter how long you use emacs, there's always a
    upro> surprise!  Great! emacs is the most winderful piece of
    upro> software _in the world_!!!

I feel the same way.  I've been using nothing but emacs for 6 or 7
years for everything I do on a computer, but this little trick escaped
my notice and is very useful!

JDH

Re: align around symbol

[Galen Boyer]

Oh my god!  How the @#$%^ did I not know about this one?

That rocks...
-- 
Galen Boyer