Re: feature proposal. Kill and yank columns

[Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>]

Hello,

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

> I know that I can delete columns but I miss a function which would
> *kill* a column,  put it in the some ring (or register) and paste it.
>
> I do this my marking the content of a column and use kill-rectangle and
> yank-rectangle but I find such a solution which needs the mark,
> cumbersome.
>
> I goggled around and found for example proposals as in
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22002374/how-to-select-a-column-of-a-table-in-emacs-org-mode
>
> Which is basically the same I do. 
>
> Or in
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.html#field-coordinates-in-formulas
>
> Which seems complicated.
>
> It also seems a subject which comes up regularly. Is this so difficult
> to implement?

There are `org-table-cut-region', `org-table-copy-region' and
`org-table-paste-rectangle'. In any case, you'll need the mark.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou