Invisible wrote:
> One feature I actually *want* and that no known editor seems to have is
> the ability to do stuff to tabular data easily. Like, if you suddenly
> decide that you need to append the same piece of text to all 10 lines.

	Emacs can do this. Probably many decent editors can. Define a macro
that does it to one line (and then moves down a line). Then tell it to
execute the macro 10 times.

> Or you have a grid of numbers, and you want to add another column in the
> middle. Or stuff like that. Since Emacs == Lisp, it seems that you could

	You can use rectangular editing to add space for that column. Then just
change from insert mode to overwrite and add in the numbers.
Alternatively, in a separate buffer, type in that column. Then use
rectangular editing to copy that rectangle, and yank it into the text
that you want.

> probably spend 20 minutes writing some code that would do what you want.

	It's an old, old feature.



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