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Re: List into Columns
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Brendan Halpin |
Subject: |
Re: List into Columns |
Date: |
25 Jun 2004 09:32:18 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 |
googleartist@yahoo.com (Artist) writes:
> Example:
> ls -1 =>
>
> a
> b
> b2222222222222222222222222222222222222
> bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
> c
> d
> e
>
>
> ls =>
> a b2222222222222222222222222222222222222 c e
> b bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb d
If you're on Unix, the shell command "column" will do this for you.
In Emacs, mark your list, do "C-u ESC | column RET" -- that is,
run shell-command-on-region on your list, giving "column" as the
region. "M-x man RET column RET" tells more.
Brendan
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