Re: Vertical Blocks

[Jeffery B. Rancier]

Kouros Owzar <owzar@email.unc.edu> writes:

Maybe some of these commands will help.

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| Global Bindings Starting With C-x r:
| key             binding
| ---             -------
| 
| C-x r l               bookmark-bmenu-list
| C-x r m               bookmark-set
| C-x r b               bookmark-jump
| C-x r f               frame-configuration-to-register
| C-x r w               window-configuration-to-register
| C-x r t               string-rectangle
| C-x r o               open-rectangle
| C-x r y               yank-rectangle
| C-x r d               delete-rectangle
| C-x r k               kill-rectangle
| C-x r c               clear-rectangle
| C-x r +               increment-register
| C-x r n               number-to-register
| C-x r r               copy-rectangle-to-register
| C-x r g               insert-register
| C-x r i               insert-register
| C-x r x               copy-to-register
| C-x r s               copy-to-register
| C-x r j               jump-to-register
| C-x r SPC     point-to-register
| C-x r C-SPC   point-to-register
| C-x r C-@     point-to-register
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> Hi.
>
> How does one go about marking, for the purpose
> of copying, pasting or cutting, vertical blocks (regions)
> in emacs?
>
> To be more specific, how does one mark columns 5 to 7 within
> rows 2 to 6?
>
> How does one toggle back and forth from horizontal to vertical
> block selection?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kouros
>
> "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances
>  with none." --Thomas Jefferson: 1st Inaugural Address, 1801.
>
> The Declaration of Independence:
> http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/declaration/declaration_transcription.html

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Thanks,
Jeff
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| Jeffery B. Rancier
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