On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 04:04:55PM +0200, Uwe Mayer wrote: > Hi, > > how do you change the way emacs selects regions of text? Currently it works > line based, but I need to select a rectangular region from within a text. > Can anyone help me with how to change the selection mode?
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 Have a look at the info page: (info "(emacs)Rectangles") <--- hit C-x C-e here. > > Thanks > Uwe > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs -- Charity in capitalism is like urinating to extinguish a forest fire. -- Neon Absentius absent a.in.cirle sdf period lonestar period org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs