help-gnu-emacs-bounces+escott=nyiso.com@gnu.org wrote
on 04/15/2005 10:04:55 AM:
> Hi,
>
> how do you change the way emacs selects regions of text? Currently
it works
> line based, but I need to select a rectangular region from within
a text.
> Can anyone help me with how to change the selection mode?
>
> Thanks
> Uwe
What you are looking for is rectangle editing.
Define a rectangle in the usual way (mark upper left
corner, then move to bottom right plus one).
Then use the commands kill-rectangle delete-rectangle yank-rectangle clear-rectangle open-rectangle