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Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals
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Rusi |
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Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals |
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Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:45:48 -0700 (PDT) |
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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]
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Ken Goldman, 2015/06/25
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Ken Goldman, 2015/06/25
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Emanuel Berg, 2015/06/26
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/06/26
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Emanuel Berg, 2015/06/26
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, MBR, 2015/06/27
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Emanuel Berg, 2015/06/27
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- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/06/28
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Emanuel Berg, 2015/06/28
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/06/28
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Emanuel Berg, 2015/06/28
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- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Rusi, 2015/06/26
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Bob Proulx, 2015/06/27
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/06/27
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Robert Thorpe, 2015/06/27
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- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Rusi, 2015/06/27
- Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals, Emanuel Berg, 2015/06/27