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Re: How to mark a rectangle
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Richard |
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Re: How to mark a rectangle |
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Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:02:57 +0200 |
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"Eli"posted the following on 2006-04-06:
>> From: "billy" <bp1497@att.com>
>> Date: 6 Apr 2006 08:31:28 -0700
>>
>> I have searched this news groups and searched the manual pages. I can
>> find nothing, probebly overlooking, as to how to mark a rectangle. I
>> find plenty of stuff to deal with it, but not how to get it.
>
> Strange, I see this in the Emacs manual (Node "Rectangles"):
>
> When you must specify a rectangle for a command to work on, you do it
> by putting the mark at one corner and point at the opposite corner. The
> rectangle thus specified is called the "region-rectangle" because you
> control it in much the same way as the region is controlled. But
> remember that a given combination of point and mark values can be
> interpreted either as a region or as a rectangle, depending on the
> command that uses them.
>
> Can you explain how did you searched and why did you miss this? I
> suspect that something in the manual needs to be improved to make
> finding this easier.
>
> TIA
>
>
I fairness to the OP, that says nothing about how to mark the
rectangle and manipulate it. e.g related commands, hiliting the
rectangle as opposed to the entire sub-region etc.
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