Re: How to copy rectangles

["roodwriter@core.com" <roodwriter@core.com>]

Siegfried Heintze wrote:

> There is a nice yank-rectangle command -- I really like it.
> 
> My problem is that there is only a kill-rectangle command. Why is there no
> kill-rectangle-save command? I need it!
> 
> I can copy a rectangle to a register with copy-rectangle command, but how
> do I extract it from the register? There is no insert-rectangle command. I
> guess insert-register works. Well anyway, does anyone have a
> kill-rectangle-save command I could have? Was it omitted intentionally?
> 
>   Thanks for the good work you guys!
>   Sieg


I was just looking at the date on your posting. I wasn't planning to answer 
it because I don't know of one. But the thought occurred to me that maybe 
that's the reason no one else has answered.

Just a thought: Would it be easier for you to make a macro with a different 
keybinding to insert the rectangle to and from your register? Would that 
simplify things?

I did something similar with query-replace. It's easier for me to type C-c q 
than M-%. Sometimes there are better shortcuts.

For what it's worth.

--Rod

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