GNU bug report logs - #46206
24.3; rectangle kill not working properly

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Message #8 received at 46206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: SomeGuy <tronjet66 <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: 46206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46206: 24.3; rectangle kill not working properly
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2021 10:17:15 +0100

SomeGuy <tronjet66 <at> hotmail.com> writes:

> When I attempt to kill a rectangle that spans multiple lines, the kill
> is not getting everything and yank makes it worse, as this yank usually
> does not go to the right place and typically overwrites other text.

It's not quite clear what you mean here -- do you have a recipe to
reproduce this problem, starting from "emacs -Q"?

I tried

M-<space>
moved point around
C-x r k
C-x r y

and things worked as expected (in emacs-26, which is the oldest Emacs I
have here).

> In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30)

Emacs 24.3 is very old, though.

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