On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Rich Shepard wrote: > I need to remove double quotes from a specific column for all 3200 lines > in a file. I know that I can do a regex search and replace for the > beginning of each line, but the quotes I need to remove are in the > interior. It seems to me that there is a way to block a vertical column > and manipulate text within that marked block, but I no longer remember how > to do this.
Well, it turns out that I cannot find a way to block a rectangle of text rather than a stream of text in emacs. However, 'joe' has the capability of turning text selection into a rectangular block. That must have been what I used in the past. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
