GNU bug report logs - #16403
24.3.50; Rectangular selection visually disturbing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ivan Kalyaev <ivan.kalyaev <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 10:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 16403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Bastien <bzg <at> altern.org>
Cc: ivan.kalyaev <at> gmail.com, 16403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16403: 24.3.50; Rectangular selection visually disturbing
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 23:00:24 -0500

> I cannot think of situations where the user would want an empty
> rectangle, but at the same time not allowing them would not be
> consistent with Emacs behavior.

Emacs uses empty rectangles so as to provide the `insert-rectangle'
functionality using the `string-rectangle' command, so we save
a key-binding.
So, empty rectangles are fairly important.


        Stefan
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