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This package implements CSV mode, a major mode for editing records
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in a generalized CSV (character-separated values) format. It binds
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finds with prefix ".csv" to `csv-mode' in `auto-mode-alist'.
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In CSV mode, the following commands are available:
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- C-c C-s (`csv-sort-fields') and C-c C-n (`csv-sort-numeric-fields')
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respectively sort lexicographically and numerically on a
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specified field or column.
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- C-c C-r (`csv-reverse-region') reverses the order. (These
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commands are based closely on, and use, code in `sort.el'.)
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- C-c C-k (`csv-kill-fields') and C-c C-y (`csv-yank-fields') kill
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and yank fields or columns, although they do not use the normal
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kill ring. C-c C-k can kill more than one field at once, but
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multiple killed fields can be yanked only as a fixed group
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equivalent to a single field.
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- C-c C-a (`csv-align-fields') aligns fields into columns
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- C-c C-u (`csv-unalign-fields') undoes such alignment; separators
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can be hidden within aligned records.
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- C-c C-t (`csv-transpose') interchanges rows and columns. For
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details, see the documentation for the individual commands.
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CSV mode can recognize fields separated by any of several single
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characters, specified by the value of the customizable user option
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`csv-separators'. CSV data fields can be delimited by quote
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characters (and must if they contain separator characters). This
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implementation supports quoted fields, where the quote characters
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allowed are specified by the value of the customizable user option
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`csv-field-quotes'. By default, the only separator is a comma and
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the only field quote is a double quote. These user options can be
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changed ONLY by customizing them, e.g. via M-x customize-variable.
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CSV mode commands ignore blank lines and comment lines beginning
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with the value of the buffer local variable `csv-comment-start',
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which by default is #. The user interface is similar to that of
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the standard commands `sort-fields' and `sort-numeric-fields', but
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see the major mode documentation below.
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The global minor mode `csv-field-index-mode' provides display of
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the current field index in the mode line, cf. `line-number-mode'
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and `column-number-mode'. It is on by default.
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Installation:
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Put this file somewhere that Emacs can find it (i.e. in one of the
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directories in your `load-path' such as `site-lisp'), optionally
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byte-compile it (recommended), and put this in your .emacs file:
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(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.[Cc][Ss][Vv]\\'" . csv-mode))
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(autoload 'csv-mode "csv-mode"
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"Major mode for editing comma-separated value files." t) |