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Forum Name: Eyrie Miscellaneous
Topic ID: 214
Message ID: 16
#16, RE: tools of the trade
Posted by asuffield on Nov-05-04 at 06:19 AM
In response to message #14
>>The discovery of the FFF tool fixed my only gripe about this editor-
>>well, almost. Ever since reading SotS, I wish it were able to align
>>text to center and work with columns..
>
>That trick with the columns in the Symphony end credits is all
>done by hand, and is just as big a pain in the ass as it looks.

Why's it difficult? Here's how I'd do it: type it out as two independent chunks of lines, wrapped to 30 columns or so, then use kill-rectangle (C-x r k) and yank-rectangle (C-x r y) to move the second one into place.