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Re: block based selection
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Alan Wehmann |
Subject: |
Re: block based selection |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:07:48 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, usg-unix-v) |
I'm surprised that noone has yet suggested that you investigate the
rectangle functions. For example:
C-x r r runs `copy-rectangle-to-register'
`copy-rectangle-to-register' is an interactive compiled Lisp function
-- loaded from "/opt/build/xemacs-21.4.15/lisp/register.elc"
(copy-rectangle-to-register REGISTER START END &optional DELETE-FLAG)
Documentation:
Copy rectangular region into register REGISTER.
With prefix arg, delete as well.
Called from program, takes four args: REGISTER, START, END and DELETE-FLAG.
START and END are buffer positions giving two corners of rectangle.
I happen to be using XEmacs, but these functions are common to XEmacs
and Emacs.
Others are documented in the Info files, for example.
Uwe Mayer <merkosh@hadiko.de> writes:
> Hi,
>
> how do you change the way emacs selects regions of text? Currently it works
> line based, but I need to select a rectangular region from within a text.
> Can anyone help me with how to change the selection mode?
>
> Thanks
> Uwe
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Alan Wehmann
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