Re: Rectangular regions

[Yuri Khan]

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> I've installed earlier today a patch which adds basic support for
> rectangular regions.  The entry point currently is `M-x rectangle-mark'.
> Besides making commands aware of rectangular regions (currently only
> things like C-w, M-w, C-y, and M-y pay attention to the shape of the
> region), I have one main UI issues: provide a key binding for
> rectangle-mark.
> 
> A related issue is to find a mouse-binding for it.

For us cua-mode junkies, please consider Alt+arrows (alternatively
Alt+Shift+arrows) and Alt+drag (alternatively, click at one corner,
Alt+click at opposite corner). Granted, none of these are very
terminal-friendly; also, Alt+drag will conflict with many X window managers.