bug#739: Suggested small functions to plug symmetry gaps

[Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>]

Hi,

I have a couple of functions in my ~/.emacs that are useful, tiny, and plug 
obvious "symmetry gaps" in the standard functions. They're not even 
original; one at least has been discussed on the list before.

For simple.el:

(defun goto-column (n)
   "Goto column COLUMN, counting from column 1 at beginning of line."
   (interactive "nGoto column: ")
   (move-to-column n))

For rect.el:

(defun copy-rectangle-as-kill (start end)
   "Copy the region-rectangle and save it as the last killed one."
   (interactive "r")
   (setq killed-rectangle (extract-rectangle start end)))

goto-column fills an obvious gap left between goto-char and goto-line, while 
copy-rectangle-as-kill mirrors copy-region-as-kill (and has been requested 
and suggested before on more than one Emacs mailing list).

Is there some reason not to put these functions in Emacs? I'd be happy to 
supply the other obvious missing part (documentation for the manual) if that 
helped.

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