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envelope-from=drew.adams@oracle.com; helo=aserp2120.oracle.com X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:126925 Archived-At: > Poking around for help from Emacs against a future need, I > discovered replace-rectangle, which turns out to be an alias for > string-rectangle (bound to C-x r t). It looks to be quite handy when > you need to replace text within a rectangle. It's sort of (but not > quite) like narrow-to-region + query-replace(-regexp)?. It doesn't > query for a string to replace. It simply replaces the rectangle's > contents with the given string on each line. You can also use the usual replacement commands in a rectangular region. `C-x SPC' to establish the region, then `C-M-%' or whatever, to search and replace only with that rectangular region. ___ And if you use library `isearch+.el' then you can constrain Isearch to within just the region, including a rectangular region. https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IsearchPlus#isearchp-restrict-to-region-fla= g https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/isearch%2b.el