table, moving cells

table, moving cells

["Martin G. Skjæveland"]

Hi,

is there a quick way for moving a cell about in a table? I enjoy 
swapping the order of rows and columns in a table using Meta + [arrow], 
but I have not found a ways of doing the same for a single cell. Is it 
possible?

Example, with the cursor on '2' in the following table

| A | B | C |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| x | y | z |

and pressing [move cell left] would give me

| A | B | C |
| 2 | 1 | 3 |
| x | y | z |

Thanks!

Martin

Re: table, moving cells

[Charles C. Berry]

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On Sat, 25 Sep 2010, "Martin G. Skjæveland" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> is there a quick way for moving a cell about in a table? I enjoy swapping the 
> order of rows and columns in a table using Meta + [arrow], but I have not 
> found a ways of doing the same for a single cell. Is it possible?
>
> Example, with the cursor on '2' in the following table
>
> |  A | B | C |
> |  1 | 2 | 3 |
> |  x | y | z |
>

Try

 	M-t

HTH,

Chuck

> and pressing [move cell left] would give me
>
> |  A | B | C |
> |  2 | 1 | 3 |
> |  x | y | z |
>
> Thanks!
>
> Martin
>
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Re: table, moving cells

[Nick Dokos]

Charles C. Berry <cberry@tajo.ucsd.edu> wrote:

> > is there a quick way for moving a cell about in a table? I enjoy
> > swapping the order of rows and columns in a table using Meta +
> > [arrow], but I have not found a ways of doing the same for a single
> > cell. Is it possible?
> >
> > Example, with the cursor on '2' in the following table
> >
> > |  A | B | C |
> > |  1 | 2 | 3 |
> > |  x | y | z |
> >
> 
> Try
> 
> 	M-t
> 

[This is probably obvious, but just in case...]

M-t transposes words: it doesn't know anything about table cells, so it
won't work for anything more complicated than the sample table (e.g. if
there are spaces in the cell element). You also have to be careful to
position the cursor at the right place for it to work, even in the
simple case: you can't just click in a cell and go.

Nick

Re: table, moving cells

["Martin G. Skjæveland"]

On 26/09/10 00:24, Nick Dokos wrote:
> Charles C. Berry<cberry@tajo.ucsd.edu>  wrote:
>
>>> is there a quick way for moving a cell about in a table? I enjoy
>>> swapping the order of rows and columns in a table using Meta +
>>> [arrow], but I have not found a ways of doing the same for a single
>>> cell. Is it possible?
>>>
>>> Example, with the cursor on '2' in the following table
>>>
>>> |  A | B | C |
>>> |  1 | 2 | 3 |
>>> |  x | y | z |
>>>
 >>> and pressing [move cell left] would give me
 >>>
 >>> | A | B | C |
 >>> | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 >>> | x | y | z |
>>
>> Try
>>
>> 	M-t
 >
> [This is probably obvious, but just in case...]
>
> M-t transposes words: it doesn't know anything about table cells, ...

Yes, I agree. To make it clear, I would in addition to [move cell left], 
also like to have [move cell right], [move cell up], [move cell down].

Martin

Re: table, moving cells

[Noorul Islam]

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 9:32 PM, "Martin G. Skjæveland"
<martige@ifi.uio.no> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there a quick way for moving a cell about in a table? I enjoy swapping
> the order of rows and columns in a table using Meta + [arrow], but I have
> not found a ways of doing the same for a single cell. Is it possible?
>
> Example, with the cursor on '2' in the following table
>
> | A | B | C |
> | 1 | 2 | 3 |
> | x | y | z |
>
> and pressing [move cell left] would give me
>
> | A | B | C |
> | 2 | 1 | 3 |
> | x | y | z |
>

I looked at the code and I could not see anything related to this. I
think this is not implemented as of now. I think this can be a feature
request.

Thanks and Regards
Noorul

Re: table, moving cells

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Martin,

On Sep 25, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Martin G. Skjæveland wrote:

> Hi,
>
> is there a quick way for moving a cell about in a table? I enjoy  
> swapping the order of rows and columns in a table using Meta +  
> [arrow], but I have not found a ways of doing the same for a single  
> cell. Is it possible?
>
> Example, with the cursor on '2' in the following table
>
> | A | B | C |
> | 1 | 2 | 3 |
> | x | y | z |
>
> and pressing [move cell left] would give me
>
> | A | B | C |
> | 2 | 1 | 3 |
> | x | y | z |
>
> Thanks!

I fail to see the use case for this.  Yes, this can
be useful sometimes, and you can use `C-c C-x C-w' and
`C-c C-x C-y' to cut and paste individual fields or
even rectangular regions.  But for pushing a cell value
to a neighboring cell, I don't see a frequent use that
would call for a special command beyond what I listed above.
Do you?

- Carsten

Re: table, moving cells

["Martin G. Skjæveland"]

On 29/09/10 17:58, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> On Sep 25, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Martin G. Skjæveland wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a quick way for moving a cell about in a table? I enjoy
>> swapping the order of rows and columns in a table using Meta +
>> [arrow], but I have not found a ways of doing the same for a single
>> cell. Is it possible?
>>
>> Example, with the cursor on '2' in the following table
>>
>> | A | B | C |
>> | 1 | 2 | 3 |
>> | x | y | z |
>>
>> and pressing [move cell left] would give me
>>
>> | A | B | C |
>> | 2 | 1 | 3 |
>> | x | y | z |
>>
>> Thanks!

Hi Carsten

> I fail to see the use case for this.

I have come across two use cases lately where I have been missing this 
feature: 1) in a timetable, swapping a cell or two, e.g., the title of a 
talk and the speaker, with next week's values; and 2) making a seating 
plan for a social event. In the latter, moving people about quick and 
easy is nice.

> Yes, this can
> be useful sometimes, and you can use `C-c C-x C-w' and
> `C-c C-x C-y' to cut and paste individual fields or
> even rectangular regions.

Ok, thanks, I did not know about these.

> But for pushing a cell value
> to a neighboring cell, I don't see a frequent use that
> would call for a special command beyond what I listed above.
> Do you?

I agree that it is not a frequent operation.

For the seating plan, I ended up with lots of post-it notes on a wall, 
which worked just fine! :)

Thanks again!
Martin

Re: table, moving cells

[Indraneel Majumdar]

  On 2010-09-30 13:21, "Martin G. Skjæveland" wrote:
>
> For the seating plan, I ended up with lots of post-it notes on a wall, 
> which worked just fine! :)
>
You might consider using a concept/graph editor like yED (closed source) 
or Dia or xfig and save the trees and the paint on your wall!

Re: table, moving cells

[brian powell]

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Theres a very simple way to do this; its been available in EMACS as long as
I can remember--which is back to the late 80's--and OrgMode makes it even
easier since it  evens-up/covers-down/aligns columns in real-time: All you
have to do is:

Go to the bottom right corner of the cell or column you would like to move
and set a mark "CS@", then go the the top right corner of the square cell or
rectangular region of cells you intend to move and do "Cxk" ==
cut-rectangle--then go to where you want to move the cell or rectangle and
do "Cxry" to do the yank-rectangle where you'd like to put it.

I just tested it--works fine!

;-)

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:51 AM, "Martin G. Skjæveland"
<martige@ifi.uio.no>wrote:

> On 29/09/10 17:58, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> On Sep 25, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Martin G. Skjæveland wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> is there a quick way for moving a cell about in a table? I enjoy
>>> swapping the order of rows and columns in a table using Meta +
>>> [arrow], but I have not found a ways of doing the same for a single
>>> cell. Is it possible?
>>>
>>> Example, with the cursor on '2' in the following table
>>>
>>> | A | B | C |
>>> | 1 | 2 | 3 |
>>> | x | y | z |
>>>
>>> and pressing [move cell left] would give me
>>>
>>> | A | B | C |
>>> | 2 | 1 | 3 |
>>> | x | y | z |
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
> Hi Carsten
>
>  I fail to see the use case for this.
>>
>
> I have come across two use cases lately where I have been missing this
> feature: 1) in a timetable, swapping a cell or two, e.g., the title of a
> talk and the speaker, with next week's values; and 2) making a seating plan
> for a social event. In the latter, moving people about quick and easy is
> nice.
>
>  Yes, this can
>> be useful sometimes, and you can use `C-c C-x C-w' and
>> `C-c C-x C-y' to cut and paste individual fields or
>> even rectangular regions.
>>
>
> Ok, thanks, I did not know about these.
>
>  But for pushing a cell value
>> to a neighboring cell, I don't see a frequent use that
>> would call for a special command beyond what I listed above.
>> Do you?
>>
>
> I agree that it is not a frequent operation.
>
> For the seating plan, I ended up with lots of post-it notes on a wall,
> which worked just fine! :)
>
> Thanks again!
> Martin
>
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