is this possible using the new rectangle mark mode?

is this possible using the new rectangle mark mode?

[Darren Hoo]

kill a rectangle marked region ending with a line that is not the
longest line like:

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
    ccccccccc

and yank it to these lines:

    1
    2
    3

and I want it to be either this:

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1
    bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb2
    ccccccccc3

or this one:

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1
    bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb     2
    ccccccccc            3

Re: is this possible using the new rectangle mark mode?

[Stefan Monnier]

> kill a rectangle marked region ending with a line that is not the
> longest line like:

>     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>     bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
>     ccccccccc

The "new rectangle-mark-mode" just provides a different UI to the
same old rectangle commands available since forever.  So yes for the
above: put point before the first "c" then C-x SPC then move cursor to
after the last "a" and finally C-w.

> and yank it to these lines:

>     1
>     2
>     3

Yup: put point before "1" and hit C-y.

> and I want it to be either this:

>     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1
>     bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb2
>     ccccccccc3

No, this is not a rectangle.

> or this one:

>     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1
>     bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb     2
>     ccccccccc            3

Yes, that's the one you should get.

And yes, the first question's answer would have been "no" if the longest
line was the "bbb" one.


        Stefan

Re: is this possible using the new rectangle mark mode?

[Tim Visher]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Darren Hoo <darren.hoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> kill a rectangle marked region ending with a line that is not the
> longest line like:
>
>     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>     bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
>     ccccccccc
>
> and yank it to these lines:
>
>     1
>     2
>     3
>
> and I want it to be either this:
>
>     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1
>     bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb2
>     ccccccccc3
>
> or this one:
>
>     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1
>     bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb     2
>     ccccccccc            3

You might want to check out multiple-cursors. I think it does this
sort of thing.

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Re: is this possible using the new rectangle mark mode?

[Thierry Volpiatto]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> kill a rectangle marked region ending with a line that is not the
>> longest line like:
>
>>     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>>     bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
>>     ccccccccc
>
> The "new rectangle-mark-mode" just provides a different UI to the
> same old rectangle commands available since forever.  So yes for the
> above: put point before the first "c" then C-x SPC then move cursor to
> after the last "a" and finally C-w.
>
>> and yank it to these lines:
>
>>     1
>>     2
>>     3
>
> Yup: put point before "1" and hit C-y.
>
>> and I want it to be either this:
>
>>     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1
>>     bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb2
>>     ccccccccc3
>
> No, this is not a rectangle.
>
>> or this one:
>
>>     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1
>>     bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb     2
>>     ccccccccc            3
>
> Yes, that's the one you should get.
>
> And yes, the first question's answer would have been "no" if the longest
> line was the "bbb" one.

Just tried the new rectangle-mark-mode and I like it.

For the above what you need is a `extend-rectangle-to-end' function:

Mark a small rectangle on the first characters and
extend it to end (bound here to C-x r e):

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
ccccccccc

now you have (marked):

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb     
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
ccccccccc            

Hit C-x r k
Go to 1 and C-x r y

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb     1
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa2
ccccccccc            3


You can find this function at:

https://github.com/thierryvolpiatto/emacs-tv-config/blob/master/rectangle-utils.el

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is this possible using the new rectangle mark mode?

[Barry OReilly]

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See also: http://stackoverflow.com/a/14046463

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Re: is this possible using the new rectangle mark mode?

[Rasmus]

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:

>> And yes, the first question's answer would have been "no" if the longest
>> line was the "bbb" one.
>
> Just <tried the new rectangle-mark-mode and I like it.
>
> For the above what you need is a `extend-rectangle-to-end' function:
> [...]
> You can find this function at:
>
> https://github.com/thierryvolpiatto/emacs-tv-config/blob/master/rectangle-utils.el

That's nice.  I usually have long middle lines.  I really miss
something like cua-resize-rectangle-right in 'normal' rectangle mode,
which I otherwise prefer, but perhaps extend-rectangle-to-end is all I
need.

–Rasmus

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Re: is this possible using the new rectangle mark mode?

[Stefan Monnier]

> That's nice.  I usually have long middle lines.  I really miss
> something like cua-resize-rectangle-right in 'normal' rectangle mode,
> which I otherwise prefer, but perhaps extend-rectangle-to-end is all I
> need.

FWIW, as part of the rectangle-mark-mode changes, I've made a few
changes to cua-rect to fix some interactions with the new code, which
also made it take advantage of some of the infrastructure introduced for
rectangle-mark-mode.

And AFAICT, cua-rect.el is now pretty close to being usable on its own
(without cua-mode).


        Stefan