From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: string-rectangle provides on-the-fly preview, undesirably
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 16:37:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7eyhah2n.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20170702171622754791707@bob.proulx.com
> The command C-x r t string-rectangle in version 24 and previously
> would "Replace rectangle contents with STRING on each line
> (‘string-rectangle’)." The same happens in version 25 but
> differently. In version 25 the change is displayed incrementally
> character by character as you type. With a large displayed rectangle
> this can cause a lot of dynamic "flicker" as every character on the
> display is moved. This is driving me crazy.
I suggest you file a bug-report for it. We could/should limit the
preview so it's only done on the visible portion of the text.
> Is there a way to return to the previous version 24 behavior?
Yes, the option is called (surprise surprise) `rectangle-preview`.
Stefan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-08-05 20:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-02 23:31 string-rectangle provides on-the-fly preview, undesirably Bob Proulx
2017-07-02 23:51 ` Drew Adams
2017-08-05 20:06 ` Bob Proulx
2017-08-05 20:35 ` John Mastro
2017-08-05 21:00 ` Bob Proulx
2017-08-05 20:37 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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