Re: Move line

[Bastien]

William Xu <william.xwl@gmail.com> writes:

> rock69 <rocco.rossi@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'm rather new to emacs, but I'm addicted already. I used to use
>> Eclipse a lot before, and there is one thing I'm missing though I'm
>> pretty sure that it must be available somewhere in Emacs. I was
>> wondering if it's possible to move (shift) a line of text up or down
>> like you would do in Eclipse pressing Alt-up (or down).
>
> I don't see where it could be useful...  

org-mode implants something near what the OP has in mind.  Not only for
moving list items, but also for any *line* in the buffer.

Please edit a buffer in org-mode and check what M-up/down does there.

-- 
Bastien