From: Sergei Organov <osv@javad.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: quoting a block of text with ">"
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:44:42 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <i81ilq$epm$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 77ccee74e9578ebd4936450a706a61fa.squirrel@webmail.tripperjones.com
"Stever" <steve@tripperjones.com> writes:
> I can't seem to find this function in my version of emacs, but I assume
> there is one. is there any function where I can highlight a block of text
> and put a ">" in front of it.
While not obvious, `string-rectangle' is your friend here:
string-rectangle is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in
`rect.el'.
It is bound to C-x r t.
(string-rectangle START END STRING)
Replace rectangle contents with STRING on each line.
The length of STRING need not be the same as the rectangle width.
Put cursor at the beginning of the first line of the region, set the
mark, move cursor to the _beginning_ of the last line, then
press
C-x r t > <ENTER>
(there is a space entered after ">").
-- Sergei.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-30 8:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-29 18:59 quoting a block of text with ">" Stever
2010-09-30 8:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-30 8:44 ` Sergei Organov [this message]
2010-09-30 9:54 ` Arnaldo Mandel
2010-09-30 13:16 ` Tom Roche
2010-09-30 14:25 ` ken
[not found] ` <mailman.1.1285852603.7851.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-09-30 18:32 ` Sean McAfee
[not found] <mailman.8.1285802119.17330.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-09-30 2:33 ` rustom
2010-09-30 3:06 ` Teemu Likonen
2010-09-30 8:10 ` David Kastrup
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