From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Budi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How do we copy rectangular selected region Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 13:27:02 +0700 Message-ID: References: <87d0kv7t6d.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="250131"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 07 08:33:07 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hNtf1-0012z0-HH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 May 2019 08:33:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40881 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNtf0-0000vl-Az for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 May 2019 02:33:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38546) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNtZB-0003v6-87 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 May 2019 02:27:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNtZA-0004ud-5i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 May 2019 02:27:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-it1-x133.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::133]:36982) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNtZA-0004tq-13 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 May 2019 02:27:04 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-it1-x133.google.com with SMTP id r85so23947362itc.2 for ; Mon, 06 May 2019 23:27:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=/7hACckD+MITWMIJ76wX72FrC/v1kqTqD1a3a4ovXE0=; b=epE0m3nPNzXfSaRWlL+5CU876j3FEjGgJR7GMQ43SfWi7JJ9QwXMkjEINywNYfbU2o F6dK9Broxryy8Bit1pFjlJyrTIdZIgT3xntToPisDh9VY2YUs5XkBkNRhJvl1jvnGLOQ 7R6EbgPEwcQSfbAaFgiPvDVBDp5Jwi5keOM/HzBRed3y9B4yZ7F8hh6h0kNzR3x9ICxN Uiux3nkxAjLBZGmcBIcdsU3sm/XBUYECq9Pq7ezsyJ43ZQMZfMe0MYd40oqGAU5VP4X5 +iQ36eWpT7gf0G8zjZw5oQQVMvlKkkFc9GefBH2gt748I9hZNfXPmf9nQScmFABa81FW bbNw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=/7hACckD+MITWMIJ76wX72FrC/v1kqTqD1a3a4ovXE0=; b=Dry4fNQHIqWajFJ0pPj5N7DNGS37yBisyg6JFwLYAif07nIV/e0/ebKligYIhkOcVU YVApuy8B58wOArOY5vhtE7Il/yXiv+wo/puFkiMifsTeRbAOsmEYNbCQOeHFs6YOhWDm mdCe6wZP/3EGJJOZtWHgW6kt9WwGycCKWEBHtK/smhETuCHJlKJiLMma+WYKw7Ltl2TP ZM1xBZcmZJlzdh90KBBr/H0JQd1FsE9p8Ywe0MkLjnASIxzb7HA2ydsmxuHA5XU/Bf+G 1qipMep8jgwDD9bGJYqReHl1wlDO1KhlsJxuqZNOIc+YJSlLKdPGI6BWONC8OeL9e7a+ fa+Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUcpQH/0tkzYsegufc8zqeHGuI15vJ9VxyBKSYCepOgU+iLOzdg sSXOFeelKUaHo/CYCmnFu2mMcD+SXM8RqsZjSjg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzBhbPDcL/QT+dJ1bSWrULmtlWpEs9DmOvMyE3LUnfxC7v3O2skqVOfYLSflJknNPIu1gguJQJh+trCfG0YdkY= X-Received: by 2002:a24:3f85:: with SMTP id d127mr21005016ita.38.1557210422717; Mon, 06 May 2019 23:27:02 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 2002:a02:5b45:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 6 May 2019 23:27:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87d0kv7t6d.fsf@web.de> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::133 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:120246 Archived-At: Michael, I am sorry, I did mail the amended question but someone still got the obsolete one. The rectangle selected region question is replaced with " symbol's function definition is void : t " error problem as calling a function the copy into clipboard function is meant to save to kill-ring with or without a selected region, if it exist then save that region otherwise make up a full line region and save that but got symbol's function definition is void : t error above (defun copy (b e) (interactive "r") (if (use-region-p) (call-interactively 'kill-ring-save) (beginning-of-line) (push-mark (line-end-position)) (activate-mark) (call-interactively 'kill-ring-save) (deactivate-mark) (pop-mark))) (global-set-key (kbd "C-c") 'copy) invaluable thanks to anyone help me out. On 5/6/19, Michael Heerdegen wrote: > Budi writes: > >> How can we copy rectangular selected region on latest emacs >> we paste it as line region instead >> how do such by script elisp.. thanks in advance > > Dunno if I understand correctly. What I sometimes want is that a yanked > rectangle moves the text after the insertion point completely after the > inserted rectangle text, instead of merging the rectangle into the text. > I do it like following. Maybe I'm missing something and it can be done > with Emacs ways, dunno. > > Anyway, the code modifies the command 'yank-rectangle' to get the > alternative insertion behavior by calling it with a prefix arg. > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > (defun my-insert-rectangle-with-newlines (rectangle) > "Like `insert-rectangle', but (insert ?\\n) is used to change lines." > (let ((lines rectangle) > (insertcolumn (current-column)) > (first t)) > (push-mark) > (while lines > (or first > (progn > (insert ?\n) > (or (bolp) (insert ?\n)) > (move-to-column insertcolumn t))) > (setq first nil) > (insert (car lines)) > (setq lines (cdr lines))) > (save-excursion (insert ?\n)))) > > (eval-when-compile (require 'rect)) > > (defun my-yank-rectangle (&optional insert-newlines) > "The optional argument INSERT-NEWLINES specifies if > `forward-line' or (insert ?\\n) is used to change lines. > A value of nil means that `forward-line' will be used and text after > point will occur beside the inserted rectangle. With any other value, > newlines will be inserted instead, with the effect that any following > text will remain after the inserted rectangle." > (interactive "*P") > (funcall (if insert-newlines > #'my-insert-rectangle-with-newlines > #'insert-rectangle) > killed-rectangle)) > > (advice-add 'yank-rectangle :override #'my-yank-rectangle) > #+end_src > > > Michael. >