bug#739: Suggested small functions to plug symmetry gaps

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> As for copy-rectangle-as-kill, that sounds perfectly fine to me.
> [ Tho I'd much rather do it with M-x push-rectangle-mark RET ...move to
>   other corner... M-w.  E.g. by letting `mark-active' take a third
>   possible value `rectangle'.  ]

Hm.  `mark-active'?  Anyway, that would make `M-w' not be totally
analogous to `C-w', so then `C-w' should be changed, too, perhaps.

But I think having the rectangle commands live in their own keymap is
kinda nice.  When you're in a rectangular kinda mood, you use them a
lot, and it's nice to have them separate from the normal kill/yank
commands.

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