Re: prefix-region

[Hrvoje Niksic]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:

>> Prefixing a region with an arbitrary string.  It comes up a lot.
>
> I have yet to find a situation where string-rectangle did not suit
> my needs.  YMMV, of course.

No one is claiming that prefix-region can do something that
string-rectangle cannot do if you are careful enough.  I do claim that
prefix-region is much more convenient to use because you don't need to
adjust region endpoints to beginning of line.

prefix-region is also more easily discovered by someone trying to,
well, prefix a region...  Before discovering it I used to do things
like `C-u M-| sed 's/^/PREFIX/'.