Re: fill comma separated list

[jorge.alfaro-murillo@yale.edu (Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo)]

papab writes:

> I have a whole bunch of sequences of numbers, like this:
>    5.1816,
>    -3.81,
>    4.8768,
>    5.1816,
>    -4.4196,
>    4.8768,
>    6.4008,
>    -4.4196,
>    5.48640,
>    6.4008,
>    -3.81,
>    5.486400;
>
> I'd like to be able to make it look like this easily:
>    5.1816, -3.81,  4.8768,
>    5.1816, -4.4196, 4.8768,
>    6.4008, -4.4196, 5.486400,
>    6.4008, -3.81,   5.48640
>
> 3 numbers per row.
> Suggestions?  Some variation of fill-paragraph?

Let's play emacs golf: (I assume no whitespace and cursor at the 
initial 5):

F3 C-e <space> C-d C-e <space> C-d C-e <backspace> C-n C-a F4 C-0 
F4
 
14 key strokes.
-- 
Jorge.