Re: replace-rectangle and string-rectangle are diverging

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Didier Verna <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:43:20 +0100
> 
> [is there a better forum for this ? ]

Yes: address@hidden  I've redirected this thread there.

>         After receiving a user suggestion by mail, I discovered that we have
> diverging versions of rect.el. Though I can't remember exactly the
> circumstances, I guess it's probably my fault, I must have forgotten to
> propagate our last changes to you. I apologize for that.
> 
>         In our current version of rect.el, string-rectangle checks
> pending-delete-mode to decide whether to override text or not. This is a very
> good thing IMHO as it is more parcimonious with the other editing commands.
> 
>         In this context, replace-rectangle has been unaliased from
> string-rectangle and made to unconditionally replace the text.
> 
>         I'll probably bind replace-rectangle to `C-x r p' upon a
> user'suggestion in XEmacs (it doesn't seem to be bound either in emacs 21). 
> How do you like this key binding ? If that's OK, I'll provide a patch soon.