From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: Ferdinand <Ferdinand.Gruebler@gmx.de>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: efficient replacing – really faster compared to using the mouse?
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:46:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <C6467F6E-61D0-4924-B919-F31E05E8360C@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BC05F0F5-29D0-423F-835F-19B393B36377@gmx.de>
Am 10.08.2012 um 17:21 schrieb Ferdinand:
> Now in TextMate I just switch to column-mode with my mouse (by pressing alt while selecting).
Something similar exists in GNU Emacs: working with rectangles. Try C-h i m emac RET m rect RET.
The commands you need are C-SPACE to mark a region, C-x r k to kill a rectangle, C-x r t <TEXT> RET to insert new text instead of the old.
--
Greetings
Pete
These are my principles and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
- Groucho Marx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-10 16:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-10 15:21 efficient replacing – really faster compared to using the mouse? Ferdinand
2012-08-10 16:00 ` Filipp Gunbin
2012-08-10 16:46 ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
2012-08-10 18:14 ` Aurélien Aptel
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2012-08-10 15:40 ` Carson Chittom
2012-08-10 16:46 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2012-08-10 16:47 ` Ralf Fassel
2012-08-10 18:44 ` B. T. Raven
2012-08-11 3:50 ` rusi
2012-08-11 11:55 ` Ferdinand
2012-08-11 13:13 ` Filipp Gunbin
2012-08-12 2:49 ` Eric Abrahamsen
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