Re: How to mark a rectangle

["Richard" <r@gmil.com>]

 "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.