Re: block based selection

[Mathias Dahl <brakjoller.rem0veth1s@gmail.com>]

Neon Absentius <absent@sdf.lonestar.org> writes:

>
> Technically speaking, Emacs doesn't really select a region, it just
> remembers two positions, point and mark, on the buffer. There are
> commands that operate on the whole region between point and mark, such
> as the usual kill, yank etc, but also there are command that operate
> on the rectangle defined by the point and mark. Such commands usually
> start with C-r, for example
>                                                                                                                                               
>  C-r C-k  kill rectangle
>  C-r C-y  yank rectangle

They start with C-x r, not C-r

/Mathias