From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:45:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <554C9356.5000204@gmail.com> <20150508125314086261755@bob.proulx.com> <87bnhuc177.fsf@mbork.pl> <55561B9E.4070101@arlsoft.com> <87y4kpfvct.fsf@debian.uxu> <87mvzmv7ef.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <871tgycjae.fsf@mbork.pl> <87lhf6ks6g.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <558EF9B2.2090108@arlsoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1435463423 23004 80.91.229.3 (28 Jun 2015 03:50:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 03:50:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 28 05:50:19 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z93bl-0005bW-LG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Jun 2015 05:50:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37952 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z93bk-0002dQ-Pc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:50:16 -0400 X-Received: by 10.70.123.168 with SMTP id mb8mr11373202pdb.7.1435463149355; Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:45:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.25.199 with SMTP id e7mr84478igg.16.1435463149266; Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:45:49 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!j8no1038891igd.0!news-out.google.com!kd3ni19733igb.0!nntp.google.com!j8no742057igd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=117.195.47.235; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 117.195.47.235 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 03:45:49 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:212955 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:105241 Archived-At: On Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 4:19:41 AM UTC+5:30, Emanuel Berg wrote: > MBR writes: > > > Another approach when dealing with things that line > > up visually in columns, is Emacs' rectangle > > commands. Using the same LaTeX table: > > > > \begin{longtable} > > 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\\ > > a & b & c & d \\\\ > > A & B & C & D > > \end{longtable} > > > > Position mark on the "3" in line 2 and point on the > > "D" in line 4. Now type: > > > > C-x r k > > :) > > Yeah, that's good. That's the best so far. IMHO Bob Proulx's 'interactivity' + 'shape' is key. Shape: REs are strong Interactivity : Vanilla emacs rules Combo : Macros are good Earlier I only glanced that this example; did not try it. Now that I see it is a clear case of rect commands, column editing mode beats the pants off classic rect commands -- because of interactivity https://vimeo.com/1168225 [Hope that's the right video -- my flashplayer not working right now]