From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Neon Absentius Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: block based selection Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:37:44 +0000 Message-ID: <20050415143744.GA14941@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113577629 6591 80.91.229.2 (15 Apr 2005 15:07:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:07:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 15 17:07:06 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMSOY-0000mP-N3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:06:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMSS4-0001cB-Go for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:09:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DMSKt-0003qp-J3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:02:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DMSKp-0003oc-Df for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:02:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMSHb-0002GG-W3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:59:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.94.73.21] (helo=sdf.lonestar.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DMRyA-0002QV-CJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:38:54 -0400 Original-Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:absent@otaku.freeshell.org [192.94.73.2]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3FEbihn007066 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:37:45 GMT Original-Received: (from absent@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.8/Submit) id j3FEbiHc011232 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:37:44 GMT Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: Neon Absentius , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25722 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25722 On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 04:04:55PM +0200, Uwe Mayer wrote: > 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? Technically speaking, Emacs doesn't really select a region, it just remembers two positions, point and mark, on the buffer. There are commands that operate on the whole region between point and mark, such as the usual kill, yank etc, but also there are command that operate on the rectangle defined by the point and mark. Such commands usually start with C-r, for example C-r C-k kill rectangle C-r C-y yank rectangle Have a look at the info page: (info "(emacs)Rectangles") <--- hit C-x C-e here. > > Thanks > Uwe > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs -- Charity in capitalism is like urinating to extinguish a forest fire. -- Neon Absentius absent a.in.cirle sdf period lonestar period org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org