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| author | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> | 2001-04-24 11:09:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> | 2001-04-24 11:09:21 +0000 |
| commit | 1e1e6d529c8e07ec4afa7c49ab3ffa2a6613fce7 (patch) | |
| tree | 380a5ef805f85f6d8eb5a940eea49ba0b50c6b5b | |
| parent | 8748ecc048f16dd3b5be8275aa4301f7f08b5ba2 (diff) | |
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Adapt to the change of string-rectangle back to 20.x behaviour.
| -rw-r--r-- | man/faq.texi | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/killing.texi | 24 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/man/faq.texi b/man/faq.texi index 1b32ccc44e0..60053aad135 100644 --- a/man/faq.texi +++ b/man/faq.texi @@ -2157,11 +2157,11 @@ when you press the @key{TAB} character in certain modes. To do this to an entire buffer, type @kbd{M-< M-x replace-regexp @key{RET} ^ @key{RET} > @key{RET}}. -To do this to a region, use @code{string-rectangle} (@kbd{C-x r t}). +To do this to a region, use @code{string-insert-rectangle}. Set the mark (@kbd{C-@key{SPC}}) at the beginning of the first line you want to prefix, move the cursor to last line to be prefixed, and type -@kbd{C-x r t > @key{RET}}. To do this for the whole buffer, type -@kbd{C-x h C-x r t > @key{RET}}. +@kbd{M-x string-insert-rectangle @key{RET}}. To do this for the whole +buffer, type @kbd{C-x h M-x string-insert-rectangle @key{RET}}. If you are trying to prefix a yanked mail message with @samp{>}, you might want to set the variable @code{mail-yank-prefix}. Better yet, use diff --git a/man/killing.texi b/man/killing.texi index fb4c15077cf..5ade2f214fa 100644 --- a/man/killing.texi +++ b/man/killing.texi @@ -538,11 +538,13 @@ Clear the region-rectangle by replacing its contents with spaces. Delete whitespace in each of the lines on the specified rectangle, starting from the left edge column of the rectangle. @item C-x r t @var{string} @key{RET} -Insert @var{string} on each line of the region-rectangle +Replace rectangle contents with @var{string} on each line. (@code{string-rectangle}). @item M-x replace-rectangle @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET} Replaces each line of the region-rectangle with @var{string} (@code{string-rectangle}). +@item M-x string-insert-rectangle @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET} +Insert @var{STRING} on each line of the rectangle. @end table The rectangle operations fall into two classes: commands deleting and @@ -603,13 +605,15 @@ any difference to this command. @kindex C-x r t @findex string-rectangle - The command @kbd{C-x r t} (@code{M-x string-rectangle}) inserts a -string on each line of the region-rectangle before the rectangle, -shifting text right. - @findex replace-rectangle - The command @kbd{M-x replace-rectangle} is similar to @kbd{C-x r t}, -but replaces the original rectangle. The string's width need not be -the same as the width of the rectangle. If the string's width is -less, the text after the rectangle shifts left; if the string is wider -than the rectangle, the text after the rectangle shifts right. + The command @kbd{C-x r t} (@code{M-x string-rectangle}) replaces the +contents of a region-rectangle with a string on each line. The +string's width need not be the same as the width of the rectangle. If +the string's width is less, the text after the rectangle shifts left; +if the string is wider than the rectangle, the text after the +rectangle shifts right. + +@findex string-insert-rectangle + The command @kbd{M-x string-insert-rectangle} is similar to +@code{string-rectangle}, but inserts the string on each line, +shifting the original text to the right. |