Re: prefix-region

[Hrvoje Niksic]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:

> Hrvoje Niksic <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I have found this function, originally from XEmacs, immensely useful:
>>
>>     (prefix-region PREFIX)
>>
>>     Insert PREFIX at the beginning of each line between mark and point.
>
> Looks like string-rectangle can do the same, and more.

That behaves very differently when the endpoints of the region aren't
at line beginnings.  It also prefixes the last line even if it wasn't
really part of the selection.