Re: Table: Insert Cell

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

Hi Tory,

Tory S. Anderson writes:

> Does anyone know a solution for the surely common case of 
> needing to insert a cell (not a column or row) into an orgmode 
> table? Spreadsheet programs allow the option of pushing the 
> column down or pushing the cells right in this case. How can 
> this be achieved in orgmode? 

I do not think that there is a command for that. For pushing the 
row, it is trivial just write the new cell

| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |

| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | here|5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |

becomes

| 1 |    2 | 3 |   |
| 4 | here | 5 | 6 |
| 7 |    8 | 9 |   | 

after C-c C-c

For pushing the column, you can use kill-rectangle after inserting 
another row

| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |

TAB on the 9 cell

| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
|   |   |   | 

Move below and to the right of the 8

| 1 | 2              | 3 |
| 4 | 5              | 6 |
| 7 | 8              | 9 |
|   |   <cursor here>|   |

C-<space> there, select until the left of the 5

| 1 |              2 | 3 |
| 4 | <cursor here>5 | 6 |
| 7 |              8 | 9 |
|   |                |   |

And then C-x r k, which cuts the rectangle, should get you to

| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | | 6 |
| 7 | | 9 |
|   |   |   |

move one cell down and use C-x r y

| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 9 |
|   | 8   |   |

Finally, C-c C-c, gives you what you want

| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |   | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 9 |
|   | 8 |   |

Best,

-- 
Jorge.