Re: Org keymap question

[Alan]

On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 10:24:22 AM UTC-5, Charles Millar wrote:
> On 07/04/2015 10:56 AM, Alan wrote:
> > Function "orgtbl-setup" (in "lisp/org/org-table.el.gz", where my Emacs is 
> > GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.21) of 
> > 2015-04-10 on builder10-9.porkrind.org) has a number of key bindings that 
> > seem to get defined in minor mode "orgtbl-mode", but don't get defined when 
> > using Org (as in editing a file that has extension ".org").
> >
> > My first use of Org was in creating a table of information.  I used the Org 
> > Mode Manual (Info node "org" on my distribution) as a guide.  In node 
> > "(org) Built-in table editor" some of these missing keymap definitions are 
> > listed.  The one of interest to me was "org-table-insert-column".  I didn't 
> > find it bound to any key and wondered why isn't it bound.
> >
> > So, my question is why isn't e.g. "org-table-insert-colunn" bound to a key 
> > when using Org?  And why does the Info manual suggest that such a key 
> > binding exists, without qualification?  That function (and others) can be 
> > found in a keymap--as described above--but that binding seems to be 
> > reserved for minor mode "orgtbl-mode" (invoking that mode when in Org is 
> > not allowed).
> >
> Is this what you are looking for
> 
> shift-alt-rightarrrow
> 
> to insert column?
> 
> likewise shift-alt-leftarrow removes a column
> 
> Also org has a list
> 
> emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

If I do

(where-is 'org-table-insert-column)

I get the following:

org-table-insert-column is not on any key

Function "orgtbl-setup" contains the following:

(bindings
         '(([(meta shift left)]  org-table-delete-column)
           ([(meta left)]        org-table-move-column-left)
           ([(meta right)]       org-table-move-column-right)
           ([(meta shift right)] org-table-insert-column)
           ([(meta shift up)]    org-table-kill-row)
           ([(meta shift down)]  org-table-insert-row)
           ([(meta up)]          org-table-move-row-up)
           ([(meta down)]        org-table-move-row-down)
           ("\C-c\C-w"           org-table-cut-region)
           ("\C-c\M-w"           org-table-copy-region)
           ("\C-c\C-y"           org-table-paste-rectangle)
           ("\C-c\C-w"           org-table-wrap-region)
           ("\C-c-"              org-table-insert-hline)
           ("\C-c}"              org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays)
           ("\C-c{"              org-table-toggle-formula-debugger)
           ("\C-m"               org-table-next-row)
           ([(shift return)]     org-table-copy-down)
           ("\C-c?"              org-table-field-info)
           ("\C-c "              org-table-blank-field)
           ("\C-c+"              org-table-sum)
           ("\C-c="              org-table-eval-formula)
           ("\C-c'"              org-table-edit-formulas)
           ("\C-c`"              org-table-edit-field)
           ("\C-c*"              org-table-recalculate)
           ("\C-c^"              org-table-sort-lines)
           ("\M-a"               org-table-beginning-of-field)
           ("\M-e"               org-table-end-of-field)
           ([(control ?#)]       org-table-rotate-recalc-marks)))

while in org mode a number of these that I checked were not bound to
any key sequence.

The Info node that I referenced says:

'M-S-<right>     (org-table-insert-column)'
     Insert a new column to the left of the cursor position.

& that is what I was expecting to find, but didn't.