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Re: [SPAM] Re: Rectangular regions
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Jambunathan K |
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Re: [SPAM] Re: Rectangular regions |
Date: |
Sat, 02 Nov 2013 22:49:17 +0530 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> writes:
> > Rectangles are but table-cells - either belonging to table.el table or
> > Org tables.
>
> Not the rectangles associated with C-x r <key> commands -- they're
> defined by arbitrary row and column positions in the buffer between
> point and mark, quite a different notion.
Table-cells are rectangles with fancy and visible orders. A useful
question to ask in the context of current discussion is this:
I want to clear a table-cell. Will the rectangle command consult the
oracle, figure out the region and clear it.
I have a rectangular region. Can I draw a border around it so that I
get a table cell or an artist's text box.
Can I choose a select a column - a stack of rectangles - presumably to
shift it right or left (but not to cut)
> You'll need to get people to agree on a specific table format before
> that will make sense. Eg, is org-mode table compatible with table.el
> table (in either direction)? How about REST or markdown tables, etc?
Emacs will be a mother supporting all the children and unlikely that it
will side with or prefer one markup over the other.
To give an example, in iimage mode I can configure a custom variable
which says how "in this buffer inline images that match this pattern".
When I insert such a pattern in the buffer and turn on iimage mode, I
get an image rich document.
In similar vein, rectangular command can provide per-mode and per-buffer
borders so that I can table-cell-ize a rectangle.
As an aside, I have had much success with table.el tables where I set up
a grid of say 25x25 cells. Then "erase" the top, left, right and left
borders one at a time - i.e., merging adjacent cells - so that I get a
box diagram out of it.
This is an easier way to "align" the rectangles to a "baseline" rather
than having two independently drawn rectangles and having their borders
aligned along a vertical or an horizontal axis.
- Re: Rectangular regions, (continued)
- RE: Rectangular regions, Drew Adams, 2013/11/01
- RE: Rectangular regions, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2013/11/02
- Re: Rectangular regions, Jambunathan K, 2013/11/02
- Re: Rectangular regions, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2013/11/02
- Re: [SPAM] Re: Rectangular regions, Jarek Czekalski, 2013/11/02
- Re: [SPAM] Re: Rectangular regions, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2013/11/02
- Re: [SPAM] Re: Rectangular regions, Jambunathan K, 2013/11/02
- Re: [SPAM] Re: Rectangular regions, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2013/11/02
- Re: [SPAM] Re: Rectangular regions,
Jambunathan K <=
- Re: [SPAM] Re: Rectangular regions, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2013/11/03
- RE: Rectangular regions, Drew Adams, 2013/11/02
- Re: Rectangular regions, Jambunathan K, 2013/11/02
- Re: Rectangular regions, Stefan Monnier, 2013/11/02
- Re: Rectangular regions, Jambunathan K, 2013/11/03
Re: Rectangular regions, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/11/01
Re: Rectangular regions, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/11/01