From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19829: 25.0.50; Design of commands operating on rectangular regions Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:27:50 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87r3txhkz1.fsf@ceis-strat.com> <87twyt5o8q.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <874mqsq6ar.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87zj8iljfk.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87r3tnax8h.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <877fvdu34b.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87mw44phaf.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87d20dszao.fsf_-_@mail.linkov.net> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1436304565 20461 80.91.229.3 (7 Jul 2015 21:29:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 21:29:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bzg@gnu.org, 19829@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 07 23:29:09 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaQO-0004MH-6J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:29:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60501 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaQN-0000Ly-1w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:29:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48287) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaQJ-0000Iz-4i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:29:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaQI-000610-Aq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:29:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42293) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaQI-00060w-7h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaQI-0004Wl-0l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:29:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 21:29:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19829 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19829-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19829.143630448517327 (code B ref 19829); Tue, 07 Jul 2015 21:29:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19829) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jul 2015 21:28:05 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43739 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaPM-0004VP-Pr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:28:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34312) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaPL-0004Uw-Kr for 19829@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:28:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaPF-0005eY-DB for 19829@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:27:58 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34844) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaP9-0005cK-GC; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:27:51 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCaP8-0003Vq-Bw; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:27:50 -0400 In-reply-to: <87d20dszao.fsf_-_@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:42:55 +0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:104809 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > +(defvar region-insert-function > + (lambda (lines) > + (let ((first t)) > + (while lines > + (or first > + (insert ?\n)) > + (insert-for-yank (car lines)) > + (setq lines (cdr lines) > + first nil)))) > + "Function to insert the region's content. > +Called with one argument LINES. > +Insert the region as a list of lines.") What is the meaning of a list of lines as the region if it is NOT a rectangle? What would that kind of region mean, and when would it be used? (I ask because there's a different function for rectangles, so this function won't be used with a list of lines for rectangles.) -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.