GNU bug report logs - #55234
28.1; replace-string in rectangle regio

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paulo Sousa <de.sousa.paulus <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 23:34:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.1

Fixed in version 29.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Paulo Sousa <de.sousa.paulus <at> gmail.com>, 55234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55234: 28.1; replace-string in rectangle regio
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:42:45 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> So the question is why `region-beginning` and `region-end`
> don't return rectangular region boundaries.

This is implemented with `rectangle--mark-crutches', right?  Note that
these positions can be purely "virtual" (i.e., not exist in the buffer).

BTW, my solution to the original problem: I implemented a command
that lets me edit a rectangular region in a separate buffer (similar to
`string-edit').

Michael.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 41 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.